THE ADEQUACY OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES FOR THE ELDERLY, AND LOW INCOME GROUPS--THE PROBLEMS OF RESIDENCE AND ACCESSIBILITY

The primary objective of this study was to assess and record the types of transportation services available to the elderly, handicapped, and economically disadvantaged groups and compare selected transportation system to community facilities. This study samples a population of elderly, handicapped, and low income participants within the metropolitan area of Jackson, Mississippi. Most of these respondents were on income maintenance programs and experiencing hardship in private transportation cost. The situation was compounded when these groups had to travel to and from doctor's offices, grocery stores, social service agencies and shopping centers. The major conclusion of this research project are: (a) that the perferred form of travel among low income groups was the bus, the middle and high income respondents usually drove their cars; (b) the elderly attend to their business affairs between late morning and early afternoon; (c) the majority of handicapped used the bus between 6:00-8:00 a.m.; (d) the travel pattern of the low income seemed to be worked related; (e) the common mode of non-work related travel utilized by the respondents was the automobile; (f) the predominant modes of transportation are buses, taxis, minibuses and automobiles; (g) bus users tend to allocate more time than necessary to traveling in order not to be late, and (h) the survey indicate a low capacity utilization as well as a low revenue cost ratio.

• Corporate Authors:

  Jackson State University

  1325 JR Lynch Street
  Jackson, MI  United States  39217

  Department of Transportation

  Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • King, J
• Publication Date: 1983-12-31

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 160 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Bus transit; Equity; Low income groups; Minibuses; Mode choice; Persons with disabilities; Shopping; Taxicabs; Work trips
• Geographic Terms: Mississippi
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387976
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 82-045 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DTRS-5683-C-0036
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM