Information Technology Applications in Community Transport: Evaluating the Social Aspects of Computerization in Community Transport Schemes

This paper describes how the information in community transport (IT in CT) is part of a major government sponsored research program in information technology applications in transport. The IT in CT project is investigating mini- and micro-computer applications in a selection of dial-a-rides and a community transport/brokerage scheme; in particular the benefits and problems arising from computerization and the impact of information technology on scheme management and performance. The dial-a-ride schemes include the study only service elderly and handicapped people while the community transport scheme provides minibuses and lift-equipped small passenger vehicles to voluntary community agencies serving a much wider clientele of the transport disadvantaged.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  1000 Sherbrooke Street, West, P.O. Box 549
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3A 2R3
• Authors:
  • Sutton, J
  • Gillingwater, D
• Conference:
  • The Fourth International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and Disabled Persons
  • Location: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Date: 1986-7-21 to 1986-7-23
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 799-812
• Monograph Title: Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 21-23, 1986

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Information technology; Minibuses; Paratransit services; Paratransit vehicles; Persons with disabilities; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Identifier Terms: Transed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Community development; Community transport; Disabled passengers; Vehicle lifts
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051476
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 2007 3:14PM