RESEARCH IN SPECIAL PARATRANSIT SERVICE FOR THE HANDICAPPED

This paper discusses the development of the Disabled Adult Transportation System in Edmonton, focusing on the user from two points of view: research and marketing. Three research techniques were used to determine and identify the user--incidence levels, civic census, and a registration system. Each technique is defined and described with a review of its advantages and disadvantages. The underlying philosophy of the marketing program was to involve disabled persons. This was achieved by information meetings, public meetings, and an Advisory Council that included disabled persons. The Advisory Council has met on a regular basis throughout the developmental and operational stages of the system and is considered to be central to the system. /Author/

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  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Urban Transport Service Innovations (Paratransit) and Task Force for Conference on Demand-Responsive Transportation Systems and Other Paratransit Services. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Latham, Gregory R
  • Wesseling, Frank W
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 78-80
• Monograph Title: Demand-responsive transportation systems and other paratransit services
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 608
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Census; Marketing; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Physical disabilities; Public participation; Registrations
• Old TRIS Terms: User characteristics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156114
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025834
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 4 1981 12:00AM