THE SPECIAL TRANSPORT SERVICE IN TRANSITION. AN EVALUATION OF MEASURES OF CHANGE IN THE TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED IN SWEDISH MUNICIPALITIES

FAERDTJAENSTEN I FOERAENDRING. UTVAERDERING AV FOERAENDRINGSAATGAERDER I KOMMUNER

Special transport services (STS) in Sweden provide elderly and handicapped persons with door-to-door transport by taxi or specially adapted vehicles at a subsidised cost. In 1986 about 4% of the total population were entitled to use the service and the total cost was 1,4 billion sek for the same year. STS are a public responsibility at the local level and are provided in every municipality in Sweden. Fares and different rules regulating the use of the service are set by the local councils. This leads to substantial variations in the total output and detailed design of the STS between different municipalities. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of different measures to develop and steer the demand and supply of the STS. These measures include, among others, changes to the fares, the operating area, booking periods, coordination of the trips and free travel with the local public transport for persons who are entitled to use the STS. The effects upon the consumption of the service and the municipalities expenditure for the STS are evaluated in a number of case-studies. (Author/TRRL)

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  Transportforskningsberedningen

  Box 2242
  Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • KRANTZ, L-G
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 167 p.
• Serial:
  • TFB Meddelande
  • Issue Number: 58
  • Publisher: Transportforksningsberedningen
  • ISSN: 0283-9105

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Costs; Districts and authorities; Door to door service; Economic factors; Economics; Fares; Financing; Local government agencies; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Planning; Public transit; Ridesharing; Taxi services; Taxicabs; Transportation; Transportation departments
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shared taxi
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Old TRIS Terms: Free
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 285: Demand (econ); 1726: Disabled person; 1159: Door to door (transp); 263: Economics of transport; 244: Financing; 251: Free (no charge); 192: Local authority; 1746: Old people; 1128: Paratransit; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 1129: Shared taxi; 8109: Sweden; 241: Tariff; 253: Transport authority
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00497613
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: 1988:34
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM