DIAL-A-RIDE FACES A FINANCIAL CRISIS

The article reviews the present position of the sale dial-a-ride service in greater Manchester. Of the many similar services introduced in the UK only this service survives in its original form. Although the service carries 120000 passengers annually this must be increased to 180000 to eliminate an annual deficit of found20000. The six Bedford cf340-based minibuses in the fleet have suffered reliability problems and may be replaced with Dodge 50-series vehicles. The service includes many regular bookings such as home-to-school for children and home-to-clinic for old people. This type of operation has allowed the drivers to build up social contacts within the community. It is essential that the operating economies planned be successful if the system is to survive. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 46-48
• Serial:
  • COMMERCIAL MOTOR
  • Volume: 150
  • Issue Number: 3837
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information, Limited
  • ISSN: 0010-3063

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic factors; Economics; Minibuses; Operating costs; Paratransit services; Public transit; Reviews; School children; Sociology; Transportation; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1157: Community transport; 1157: Dial a ride; 263: Economics of transport; 1263: Minibus; 221: Operating costs; 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309821
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1981 12:00AM