A STUDY OF ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED TRANSPORTATION IN HANCOCK COUNTY

The purposes of this study are to determine the special transportation needs of the elderly and handicapped persons living within the boundaries of the study area, Hancock County, Ohio, and to develop strategies for improving the transportation services presently available in this county. The study includes information concerning the character of the community, estimates of the elderly and handicapped populations, their travel characteristics, an inventory of existing transportation services, a survey of potential financial resources, and an evaluation of the extent that the existing and proposed transportation services will satisfy the transit demand of the transportation disadvantaged. Opportunities for coordination and consolidation of local transportation services are also discussed. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report was sponsored by the DOT, Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Public Transportation, 25 South Front Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43215
• Authors:
  • Boden, R N
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 57 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Economic factors; Inventory; Needs assessment; Persons with disabilities; Population forecasting; Social values; Transportation; Transportation operations; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Community values; Transportation administration
• Subject Areas: Economics; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172434
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-OH-09-8001 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: UMTA Proj OH-09-8001
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 26 1981 12:00AM