LINCOLN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

The project involves the provision of a specialized transportation service, known as the HANDIBUS, for handicapped and elderly citizens who encounter barriers to existing mass transportation services. The service includes door-to-door transportation at the same fare as the regular city bus service. Special tickets are purchased by qualified applicants. The specialized service is operated by Lincoln Transportation Service, a city-owned mass transportation system which operates the regular city bus lines. This evaluation specifically addresses five primary objectives of the HANDIBUS service: (1) To achieve a high level of penetration of the target population; (2) to eliminate, to the degree possible, existing barriers to mass transportation among the target population; (3) to substantially increase mobility among the target group; (4) to increase community social and economic integration with the target population; and (5) to provide efficient equipment and operating methods for providing the intended service.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by Applied Planning and Management and Associates, Lincoln, Nebr.
• Corporate Authors:

  Lincoln-Lancaster Commission on Aging

  Lincoln, NE  United States  68510

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Applied Planning and Management and Associates

  1331 South Thirty-third Street
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68510
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 65 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Bus lines; Demand responsive transportation; Demonstration projects; Door to door service; Fares; Level of service; Mobility; Operating costs; Persons with disabilities; Project management; Promotion; Public transit; Social values; Urban transportation; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services
• Geographic Terms: Nebraska
• Old TRIS Terms: Community values; Promoting
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094123
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., UMTA-NE-06-0002-75-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-877
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1981 12:00AM