Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Practices. Topic SB-38. Paratransit Fleet Configurations

The increase in the population of older adults who are ambulatory but are eligible to use paratransit has increased the demand for paratransit service delivery. This growth has, in turn, led some transit agencies to move away from standard one-vehicle type fleets in favor of a mixed fleet incorporating smaller accessible vehicles and non-accessible vehicles (generally sedans).

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5373
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Published as TCRP Synthesis 174.

Language

• English

Project

• Funding: $55,000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-07, Topic SB-38

• 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:

  Griswold, Emily

• Performing Organizations:
  ,   Germany 

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Principal Investigators:

  Rodman, Will

• Start Date: 20221220
• Expected Completion Date: 20240620
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Paratransit vehicles; Passenger transportation; Public transit; Vehicle fleets; Vehicle mix
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01847451
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-07, Topic SB-38
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 27 2022 11:49AM