TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS OF THE TRANSPORTATION HANDICAPPED. VOLUME 1. THE TRANSPORTATION HANDICAPPED POPULATION, DEFINITION AND COUNTS

Despite an abundance of planning and research literature concerning transportation services for elderly and handicapped individuals, at present no single operational definition of this target group, the transportation handicapped (TH), exists. This report provides a definition of a TH person and attempts to describe the TH population. A review of existing estimates of the urban TH population is presented based on an analysis of four studies. These estimates range from approximately six to nine million persons. A recommended estimation procedure considers three basic categories of the TH population: chronic conditions, acutely disabled, and institutionalized. The travel behavior of the TH population is examined including trip purpose, frequency, residence, choice of mode, and latent demand.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also available in set of 4 reports as PB-258 578-SET, PC E99/MF E99.
• Corporate Authors:

  Crain and Associates

  120 Santo Margarita Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 105 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Behavior; Classification; Definitions; Demand; Demographics; Distributions (Statistics); Estimates; Mobility; Mode choice; Passenger transportation; Persons with disabilities; Physical disabilities; Planning; Social factors; Standard of living; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Travel; Travel patterns; Trip purpose; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Social welfare; Transportation management
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145610
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-CA-06-0092-76-1Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-60063
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 2003 12:00AM