SAN DIEGO WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE BUS STUDY

The study describes the implementation and early operation of a pilot project of fixed route, wheelchair accessible bus service on two routes of the San Diego Transit system. Five buses of the Transit Authority fleet were retrofitted with wheelchair lifts by the lift manufacturer. Four lift equipped buses are used in the service with one bus held as a spare. Relatively few lift problems have been encountered. Nevertheless, lift design improvements have been and are continually being made to improve its performance and usability. Ridership by wheelchair confined persons has been low and a number of possible reasons for this are enumerated. Wheelchair accessible bus service will incur added operational costs but insufficient experience has been generated to permit estimation of the annual amount.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • CASEY, R F
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 50 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Buses; Demand; Design; Economic analysis; Hoists; Level of service; Loading and unloading; Operating costs; Persons with disabilities; Routes; Safety equipment; Transportation operations; Urban transportation; Wheelchairs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services; Transportation management
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Loading procedures; Platforms
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00176280
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-41, UMTA-MA-06-0049-77-8
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 19 2002 12:00AM