PROSPECTS FOR CO-ORDINATING SPECIAL TRANSPORT

A number of different organisations are involved -public, private and voluntary -where often transport is only a small part of their activities. There are three broad bands of coordination: cooperative, consolidation of services, and integration. The paper attempts to show that coordination is not necessarily synonymous with improved services and greater efficiency; like most other transport and social policy initiatives, it should be considered in terms of both its benefits and costs. Instances where the potential for coordination is high are identified such as between schools in the use of minibuses and between social services departments, voluntary organisations and health services. This is especially the case where emergency and non-emergency ambulance services operate separately. There is considerable scope for using vehicles that would otherwise be idle at off-peak periods to provide services for people unable to use public transport as shown by the example of Coventry. Brokerage schemes can offer a degree of flexibility but require relatively large financial backing. It seems sensible to start in a small way and build up the degree of coordination. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • BAILEY, J M
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 118-122
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Brokerage; Coordination; Costs; Economic efficiency; Emergency vehicles; Hours; Level of service; Minibuses; Off peak periods; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; School buses; Schools; Social service agencies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 1726: Disabled person; 1261: Emergency vehicle; 653: Level of service; 1263: Minibus; 611: Off peak hour; 1746: Old people; 1128: Paratransit; 101: School; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Education and Training; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394365
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM