UMTA'S PARATRANSIT VEHICLE PROJECT

The Paratransit Vehicle Project was undertaken to produce a design for an improved paratransit vehicle that would be accessible to wheelchair passengers. Two steam-powered vehicles are currently being tested to evaluate their performance characteristics and suitability for taxicab service. /Author/

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  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1976/608/608-019.pdf
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  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Urban Transport Service Innovations (Paratransit) and Task Force for Conference on Demand-Responsive Transportation Systems and Other Paratransit Services. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Raithel, Wilhelm
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 98-99
• Monograph Title: Demand-responsive transportation systems and other paratransit services
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 608
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Steam engines; Taxicabs; Vehicle design; Wheelchairs
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156119
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025834
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 4 1981 12:00AM