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Strategy guide to enable and promote the use of fixed-route transit by people with disabilities / Russell Thatcher, TranSystems Corp. [and seven others].
LIBRA HV3022 .T43 2013
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Van Pelt Library HV3022 .T43 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thatcher, Russell H., author.
- Series:
- Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program) ; 163.
- TCRP report, 1073-4872 ; 163
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
- United States.
- Paratransit services--United States.
- Paratransit services.
- People with disabilities--Transportation--United States.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Transportation.
- Genre:
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- 184 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2013.
- Summary:
- "TCRP Report 163: Strategy Guide to Enable and Promote the Use of Fixed-Route Transit by People with Disabilities is a comprehensive resource that provides useful information, practical steps, and logical strategies for public transit providers seeking to better serve people with disabilities with fixed-route bus and rail transit services. This Strategy Guide will benefit public transit agencies and local communities responsible for pedestrian infrastructure seeking to better provide transportation options for people with disabilities."--Foreword.
- Contents:
- Introduction and suggested strategies
- Current use of transit services by people with disabilities
- Getting started : understanding current use of transit services and creating a system-wide policy
- Operating accessible and usable fixed-route transit services
- Accessible bus stops and pedestrian infrastructure
- Marketing, public information, trip planning, and travel training
- Fare incentive programs
- Alternative transit service designs
- ADA paratransit eligibility determinations.
- Notes:
- At head of title: Transit Cooperative Research Program.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167).
- ISBN:
- 9780309283960
- 0309283965
- OCLC:
- 881429497
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