SOLVING ADA PARATRANSIT PROBLEMS; HOW TO COPE WITH REALITY. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, MAY 27-29, 1993

This conference focused directly on the range of operational problems and opportunities created by the complementary paratransit requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The conference was designed to identify the best practices and state-of-the-art solutions to some of the most pressing problems facing communities struggling to provide complementary paratransit services, including financing service provision, certifying and re-certifying eligible users, developing alternative methods of service delivery, and dealing with other transportation providers and social service agencies. In particular the conference focused on the following themes: Establishing appropriate eligibility criteria--and sticking to them; Ensuring community participation and avoiding litigation; Organizing cost-effective and equitable certification methods; Developing practical ways to achieve the "no-refusal" standard; Dealing with client displacement; Establishing and monitoring service standards; Using the private sector to increase cost-effectiveness; Finding new and creative financing mechanisms; Achieving meaningful coordination--with the human service sector, other public agencies, other jurisdictions; and Shifting demand from paratransit to fixed route service. The Proceedings contain a conference overview, workshop reports, papers presented at the conference, the conference program, and a list of participants.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Arizona, Tucson

  Drachman Institute, 819 E First Street
  Tucson, AZ  United States  85721
• Conference:
  • Solving ADA Paratransit Problems; How To Cope With Reality
  • Location: Phoenix, Arizona
  • Date: 1993-5-27 to 1993-5-29
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 162p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Certification; Communities; Conferences; Consumers; Coordination; Cost effectiveness; Financing; Interagency relations; Level of service; Paratransit services; Private enterprise; Public relations; Social service agencies; Standards; State of the art; Workshops
• Identifier Terms: Americans with Disabilities Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Users
• Old TRIS Terms: Service standards
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00723786
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1996 12:00AM