Providing Transportation Services for the Elderly and Handicapped

摘要

;Contents: Coordination and consolidation of agency transportation; Characteristics of Dallas, Texas, taxicab patrons--results of a 1977 survey; Development of design standards for public transportation services for the transportation handicapped in large urban areas; Predictive models of the demand for public transportation services among the elderly; Cost and productivity of transportation for the elderly and handicapped--A comparison of alternative provision systems; Impacts of Allegheny County's Access Program; Local responses to meeting the transportation needs of the handicapped--The experiences of six Texas cities; Comparison of findings from projects that employ user-side subsidies for taxi and bus travel.