TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD: PARATRANSIT FEASIBILITY STUDY

This final report documents the authors' background investigations, analyses, findings and recommendations relative to improved services for the transportation disadvantaged residents of the Town of North Hempstead, New York. The intent is to identify and correct the transportation needs of the transportation disadvantaged. It includes an evaluation of the feasibility of a paratransit system within the Town, recommendations for improvements to existing facilities, and analysis of potentials for implementing study recommendations. Closely related to these objectives is a policy constraint that precludes additional financial commitment by the Town and requires that future services, resulting from this study, be operated by non-Town agencies and organizations. In this report, a detailed inventory of transportation services is described; demand estimates are presented and methodology is described. In addition, this report also includes an analysis of options for providing commuter parking at remote facilities linked by bus service to rail stations. The report states that although transportation provided for senior citizens is generally excellent (Town spends $86,000 per year for senior citizens services), there are virtually no Town-supported or Town-sponsored services for the handicapped. Recommendations are made for: 1) promoting a demand-responsive project for wheelchair-bound and other handicapped persons; and 2) developing a satellite parking program at the Port Washington train station.

• Corporate Authors:

  Clark (Frederick P) Associates

  29 Locust Avenue
  Rye, NY  United States  10580

  North Hempstead, Town of

  Department of Planning, Research & Dev, Town Hall
  Manhasset, NY  United States  11030

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1982-11

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 98 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Coordination; Feeder buses; Local government; Paratransit services; Parking; Persons with disabilities; Railroad commuter service; Social service agencies; Subsidies
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387973
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-NY-09-0064 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-NY-09-0064
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM