BACKGROUND PAPER ON ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE DISABLED AND INTERCITY BUS INDUSTRY

The paper is intended to provide OTA staff a background on the private entities that use over-the-road coaches, including the firms that provide regular route service and the charter and tour industry. In addition, it will provide an overview of the current use of accessible over-the-road coaches, both by private intercity carriers and in community service. The paper is organized in five chapters. Chapter 1 provides background on the private intercity bus industry. The second focuses on regular route service, including the recent history of that industry. Chapter 3 focuses on the last decade, and the issues confronting the largest regular route carrier, Greyhound Lines. The fourth chapted provides an overview of the charter and tour industry, and Chapter 5 presents an overview of the development and current usage of accessible over-the-road coaches.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC. See also PB93-163848.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ecosometrics, Incorporated

  4715 Cordell Avenue
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20814
• Authors:
  • Fravel, F D
• Publication Date: 1991-3-31

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 99 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Bus routes; Bus transportation; Buses; Charter operations; Intercity bus lines; Persons with disabilities; Special user groups; Transit buses
• Old TRIS Terms: Commuter buses; Disabled people
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00642649
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 14 1994 12:00AM