A SURVEY OF ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED RIDERS ON THE CHARLOTTESVILLE TRANSIT SYSTEM

This report develops a profile of the elderly and handicapped public transit rider in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, population 40,800. A compilation of socioeconomic and trip-making characteristics determined from a mail-out survey of elderly and handicapped transit users is presented. These characteristics are also compared with characteristics of the general transit ridership in Charlottesville developed in an earlier on-board bus survey.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/19751
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Highway and Transportation Research Council

  Charlottesville, VA  United States 

  Virginia Department of Highways

  Traffic and Planning Division, 1221 East Broad Street
  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  University of Virginia, Charlottesville

  Center for Transportation Studies, P.O. Box 400742
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22904-4742
• Authors:
  • Arnold Jr, E D
• Publication Date: 1979-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Data collection; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys; Travel behavior
• Uncontrolled Terms: Socioeconomic data
• Geographic Terms: Charlottesville (Virginia)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00675399
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Virginia Transportation Research Council
• Report/Paper Numbers: VHTRC 79-R57
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1995 12:00AM