KCMR DIAL-A-RIDE STUDY: REPORT NUMBER 1. DIAL-A-RIDE SERVICE POTENTIAL IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN REGION

This study is comprised of 6 reports that encompass all of the major facets of a demand-responsive system. It is designed to assist the Mid-America Regional Council and local government agencies in the detailed service planning of Dial-A-Ride services in the Kansas City Metropolitan Region. A small pilot system was applied in Independence, Missouri, and a larger pilot system was applied in Johnson County, Kansas. Report No. 1 presents background and existing developments of demand-responsive systems in the KCMR. It presents relationships between general public systems vs. specialized systems (which are provided for the elderly and handicapped). It compares the various services, their applicability, potential and funding, and points out the limits and limitations of the Dial-A-Ride program. It was found that Dial-A-Ride service to the general public should be seriously considered for expansion of public transportation in major portions of the KCMR, and especially in medium and lower density suburban areas.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by Huron River Group, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich., Missouri Transportation Associates, Kansas City, and Bishop Engineers, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
• Corporate Authors:

  Mid-America Regional Council

  20 West 9th Street
  Kansas City, MO  United States  64152

  Huron River Group, Incorporated

  1479 Maywood
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48108

  Missouri Transportation Associates

  600 Tenmain Center
  Kansas City, MO  United States  64106

  Bishop Engineers, Incorporated

  5100 Main Street
  Kansas City, MO  United States  64112

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 74 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Alternatives analysis; Demand responsive transportation; Fills; Level of service; Local government; Metropolitan areas; Paratransit services; Passenger transportation; Persons with disabilities; Pilot studies; Planning; Population; Public transit; Suburbs; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fund allocations; Services
• Geographic Terms: Kansas; Missouri
• Old TRIS Terms: Fill section; Pilot study; Special service
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169303
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IT-09-0047-77-1
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 7 1981 12:00AM