PLAN FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ATLANTA REGION

The recommended plan outlined in this report covers five types of actions to be taken in order to improve transportation services to elderly and handicapped persons in the Atlanta (Georgia) Region. The five types are management actions aimed at improving the coordination of existing services, financing actions, operation actions to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness, regulatory actions, and public relations actions. The discussion covers the background, organization, and process of the study. Subsequent material deals with the target population and their service needs, service provider needs, user related policy needs, policies developed from a review of Federal regulations, policies evolved from an examination of similar programs, and the analysis of alternatives. Also considered are the various barriers -- financial, service, personnel, and attitude -- to service coordination and consolidation. The recommended plan which is designed to be implemented over a 5-year period is discussed in terms of the 5 types of actions. A program for monitoring and updating the plan is included. The appendices contain descriptions of the components of a transit service (e.g., service schedules, vehicle occupancy), information on the consumer's view of the costs and service characteristics of a specialized transportation service, and sample data collection forms for the monitoring and updating program.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Executive Summary available from PROJECT SHARE, P.O. Box
• Corporate Authors:

  Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company

  225 Peachtree Street, NE
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30303

  Atlanta Regional Commission

  230 Peachtree Street, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30303

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 141 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administrative procedures; Aged; Coordination; Cost effectiveness; Economic efficiency; Evaluation; Financing; Forecasting; Integrated systems; Labor unions; Level of service; Local government; Management; Measurement; Methodology; Needs assessment; Operations; Organization; Persons with disabilities; Planning; Policy; Programming (Planning); Public relations; Regional planning; Regulations; Service agencies; Social service; Specifications; Strategic planning; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Integration; Interaction; Management systems; Requirement; Services
• Old TRIS Terms: Administrative support; Disabled; Interrelationships
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175716
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 28 1981 12:00AM