THE USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTING DISADVANTAGED RESIDENTS OF RURAL AREAS. VOLUME TWO

Volume 2 continues the survey of a variety of programs for improving the mobility of the transportation disadvantaged using only locally available resources--public or private vehicles. The vehicles range from small buses to 7-14 passenger vans to private cars. The programs include volunteer drivers in their own cars, leased personal vehicles, subscription service, transportation service by social service agencies, regular fixed-route/fixed-schedule service, and others. The report is a manual for laymen, based on the authors' suggested planning methodology as demonstrated in a Southeastern rural area. Ten alternative transportation programs were examined for their potential utility. The Delphi technique translated non-quantifiable goals into quantified data.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-248 746.
• Corporate Authors:

  Research Triangle Institute

  P.O. Box 12194
  Research Triangle Pk, NC  United States  27709

  Federal Highway Administration

  Division of Socio-Economic Studies, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hauser, E W
  • Rooks, E H
  • Johnston, S A
  • MacGillivray, L
• Publication Date: 1975-1-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 321 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Automobiles; Buses; Constraints; Cost effectiveness; Demand; Economic analysis; Facilities; Low income groups; Manuals; Minibuses; Mobility; Operating costs; Passenger transportation; Persons by socioeconomic levels; Persons with disabilities; Programming (Planning); Regional planning; Routing; Rural areas; Taxicabs; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disadvantaged persons
• Old TRIS Terms: Reference groups
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094035
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: RTI-26U-956-VOL-2 Res. Rpt., FHWA/SES-75/06-2
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8261
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 10 1981 12:00AM