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The Transportation Family
Published in Helen K. Kerschner, Nina M. Silverstein, Introduction to Senior Transportation, 2018
Helen K. Kerschner, Nina M. Silverstein
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) required all public transit systems that provide fixed route bus and rail service to also provide complementary service (usually in vans and small buses) for people with disabilities who cannot use fixed route buses or trains. (Paratransit services are characterized by vehicles that operate flexible routes, on-demand service, or origin-to-destination service.) Service is free within three-quarters of a mile on either side of the fixed route transportation option. (This is considered to be the maximum distance a rider would travel to reach a bus or train stop.) The ADA identifies three categories of individuals eligible for complementary paratransit service: (1) any individual who is unable, as the result of a physical, visual, or mental impairment, to independently board, ride, or disembark from any vehicle on the fixed route system that is readily accessible to and unusable by individuals with disabilities; (2) any disabled person who could use accessible fixed route transportation, but accessible transportation is not available at the time and on the route the customer needs; and (3) any disabled person who has a specific impairment that prevents the person from traveling to or from a bus stop. Also, any certified personal care attendant is eligible to ride.
Determinants of users’ perceived taxi service quality in the context of a developing country
Published in Transportation Letters, 2021
Sajad Askari, Farideddin Peiravian, Nebiyou Tilahun, Maryam Yousefi Baseri
Taxis serve as one of the main modes of paratransit. Given the existing literature, ‘paratransit’ is generally defined as ‘flexible public transport service’ (Cervero and Golub 2007; Phun, Kato, and Chalermpong 2019; Vuchic 2007). The concept of paratransit is different in developed versus developing countries. In the developed world, paratransit often refers to a ‘flexible demand-responsive’ form of public transportation and point-to-point transport intended for transporting mobility-impaired individuals such as the elderly and people with disabilities (Behrens et al. 2017; Cervero and Golub 2007; Nguyen-Hoang and Yeung 2010). In comparison, the term of paratransit in developing countries refers to urban transport services that are ‘somewhere between private passenger transport and conventional public transport in terms of cost and quality of service’ (Loo 2007).
A strategic analysis model of residents’ travel demand for Shanghai 2035 under new technology
Published in International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2023
Xuenuo Zhang, Chao Yang, Quan Yuan
Paratransit refers to urban public transport modes that meet the individual trip needs of specific populations, such as taxi, shuttle, school bus, customized bus, time-sharing bicycle and so on (design, 2018). It is generally considered that paratransit is a demand responsive public transit which operates no fixed route, schedule or pick-up points (American Public Transporation Association, 2008; Nguyen-Hoang & Yeung, 2010). With new technologies such as Autonomous vehicles (AVs) linked to, paratransit, or a so-called shared mobility service (Shaheen & Chan, 2016), maybe the future of mobility as a service (MaaS).