CRANSTON TRANSVAN

This is the final report of the Cranston TRANSVAN, a demonstration program of low-cost, demand-responsive transportation for the elderly and the handicapped of Cranston, Rhode Island, a suburban community of over 75,000 population. This report covers activities from Sept. '72 through Dec. '74. TRANSVAN'S unique and innovative scheduling provides a combination of services to maximize the utilization of the systems 3 buses to best serve subscriber demands. Fixed and flexible routes, variable fixed schedule and dial-a-ride, all door-to-door and on demand, operate in concert. Transportation services offered have been: Mon. through Fri., personal trips for medical services, grocery and retail shopping, senior club meetings, personal business, and charters and connections; Sat. group recreational trips; and Fri. evening and Sun. worship service. This report presents a picture of the project in terms of planning, organization and operation and includes data, maps and statistics. Drawings and pictures of the 19-passenger buses as redesigned for the program are included. One of the three buses has a special elevator to allow easy access for passengers in wheelchairs.

• Corporate Authors:

  Duffy and Shanley, Incorporated

  Providence, RI  United States 

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 42 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Demand responsive transportation; Demonstration projects; Development; Door to door service; Maps; Methodology; Minibuses; Minorities; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Scheduling; Statistics; Transit buses; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data
• Geographic Terms: Rhode Island
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation development
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00092352
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., UMTA-RI-06-0006-75-1
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 5 1981 12:00AM