TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND THE DELIVERY OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN A SMALL CITY

The study examined the ways in which social service agencies in a small city cope with the transportation problems of immobile clients. The study documents unmet needs as well as underused capacity. Inefficiency stems from the tendency for many agencies to operate 1 or 2 vehicles only a brief time during the day. Low-vehicle utilization combines with high driver cost to produce per client trip costs as high as $7.60. Demand for services appears to be poorly coordinated with the available supply of vehicles. Consolidation of transportation services would eliminate this inefficiency, but economic, institutional, and legal barriers stand in the way of effective merger of transportation programs. Interim solutions include exchanges among agencies of data on volunteers and vehicle availability and increased reliance on public transit modes. Longer range solutions involve application for federal funds through local governmental channels for service development and capital improvement programs.

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• Authors:
  • Kidder, Alice E
• Conference:
  • 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1974-1-21 to 1974-1-25
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 21-27
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION FOR THE POOR, THE ELDERLY, AND THE DISADVANTAGED
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 516
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Economic efficiency; Financing; Level of service; Local government; Needs assessment; Public transit; Small cities; Supply; Transportation; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Supply and demand
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083973
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309023602
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 8 1981 12:00AM