The Provision of Alternative Services by Transit Agencies: The Intersection of Regulation and Program Objectives

The objective of this research is to understand how taxis, ride-sourcing services, and other non-dedicated service providers are being used for alternative services for individuals with disabilities. This research should address: (1) The interpretation and application of pertinent federal regulations, statutes, and guidelines; (2) The mobility benefits and challenges that alternative services produce for the individuals; (3) The impacts that these services have on customer travel patterns; (4) The costs of both on-demand and traditional paratransit services to the transit agencies and the individuals; (5) Data transit agencies collect from providers and uses for these data services, as well as any unmet data needs and purposes; and (6) Best-practice design models for alternative services that have resulted in transit agencies achieving their goals as well as service equivalency and reduction in cost while also increasing mobility.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4883

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $350000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project B-48

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Garcia-Colberg, Mariela

• Performing Organizations:

  KFH Group, Incorporated

  4630 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 520
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20814-
• Principal Investigators:

  Ellis, Elizabeth

• Start Date: 20201014
• Expected Completion Date: 20221015
• Actual Completion Date: 20221015

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Costs; Impacts; Mobility; Paratransit services; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Regulations; Ridesourcing; Taxi services; Transit operating agencies; Travel patterns
• Subject Areas: Law; Passenger Transportation; Policy; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01742131
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project B-48
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 9 2020 10:21AM