SHARE A FARE: A USER-SIDE SUBSIDY TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

The Share A Fare (SAF) program in Kansas City, Missouri, is a user-side subsidy program designed by the City to provide low-cost door-to-door transportation for the City's elderly and handicapped citizens. The City, acting as broker, coordinated between user and provider by enrolling participants, enlisting providers, and matching the two through the trip scheduling process. Share A Fare began operation in May 1977 and is totally funded through a 1/2found city sales tax designated for transportation purposes. After 20 months of service, SAF has 13,182 enrollees and subsidizes almost 11,000 trips a month. The transportation service is provided by three not-for profit agencies, two taxicab companies, one for-profit medical provider, and three city-owned vans. The service is available for any Kansas City resident who is 65 years of age or older or physically disabled. SAF participants fall into two major categories: the affiliated rider, who is a client of a social service agency carrier, and the unaffiliated rider, who is a non-client. This final report documents the Share a Fare project during its first 20 months of operation. The purpose of this report is to describe how the project works and to identify key features and their impacts on program success. The study relied upon available data, which included an inventory of services of elderly and handicapped, a project survey, and various project staff reports. Personal interviews were conducted with service providers and all major agencies involved in planning services for elderly or handicapped in Kansas City. Data is presented on project design and planning; operating characteristics; and on the project's impact on service providers, users, and city sponsor. SAF has demonstrated that the City, acting as broker, can effectively coordinate transportation service between users and providers. (UMTA)

• Corporate Authors:

  Crain and Associates

  120 Santo Margarita Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dorosin, E
  • Phillips, J
• Publication Date: 1979-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 96 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Coordination; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Ridesharing; Service agencies; Social service; Subsidies; Taxicabs
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00311298
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MA-06-0049-7911Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: UM927-R9742
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 8 1981 12:00AM