MBTA CALL-A-LIFT BUS PROGRAM

This article relates the history of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) demand-response bus system called The Ride, and citizens attempts at improved access for all handicapped riders who desired to utilize this mode of transportation. Topics covered in the article include: implementation of MBTA's call-a-lift program; program statistics; comparisons with other lift-bus programs; problems of lift-bus programs; and lift-bus user views.

• Record URL:
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c104686033?urlappend=%3Bseq=247
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7938948
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  P.O. Box 2055, Saugatuck Station
  Westport, CT  United States  06880-0055
• Authors:
  • Pfeiffer, D
• Publication Date: 1991-4

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 243-258
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamic lift; Bus transit; Needs assessment; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Special user groups; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lifts; User needs
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Bus transportation (Intracity)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00607496
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1991 12:00AM