TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AFFECTING THE ELDERLY AND THE HANDICAPPED: AMERICAN AND CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE

This Record contains the following papers: Results of a Parametric Cost Analysis of Differences between Urban and Rural Transportation Services for Transportation-Disadvantaged Persons, S.F. Knapp and A.M. Lago; Case Study of User-Side Subsidies for the Handicapped in Milwaukee County, M.E. Lovely; Quality of Service in Special Service Paratransit: The Users' Perspective, A.M. Pagano and C.E. McKnight; Inquiry of the Canadian Transport Commission into Intercity Bus Travel for Disabled Persons in Newfoundland, M.S. Fleming and D.B. Silverstone; Canadian Overview of Technological and Systems Research and Development on Transportation for Disabled Persons, R. M. Heron et al; Transportation Service for the Physically Handicapped in Toronto--Its Structure and the Integration of Computer Aids, F.J. Ahlin et al; Long-Range Transportation Planning for the Elderly in Ontario, R.A. Wolfe and E.J. Miller; and Transportation of the Elderly and the Handicapped in Rural Areas: The Manitoba Experience, J. Wallace.

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• Conference:
  • 62nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1983-1-17 to 1983-1-21
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 55p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 934
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Analysis; Bus transportation; Costs; Development; Information processing; Intercity bus lines; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Quality of service; Research; Rural areas; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Transportation planning; Urban areas; User side subsidies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Research and development
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Finance; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391823
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• ISBN: 0309036240
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 227
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM