National Academy of Sciences | 150 Year Anniversary

Questions? Call 800-624-6242

About | Ordering | New

Menu menu

| Items in cart [0]

The National Academies Press

Rights & Permissions

topleft topright

TCRP Report 142: Vehicle Operator Recruitment, Retention, and Performance in ADA Complementary Paratransit Operations (2010)
Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)

Citation Manager

Weiner, Richard, Koffman, David, Thatcher, Russell H, Procopio, Thomas, Ferris, Caroline, Davis, Mary, Morris, Clementine, Rodman, Will, Jacobson, Lisa, Golden, Marilyn, Transportation Research Board. "Characteristics of Successful ADA Paratransit Operators." TCRP Report 142: Vehicle Operator Recruitment, Retention, and Performance in ADA Complementary Paratransit Operations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

Please select a format:

BibTeX EndNote RefMan
Page
82
bottomleft bottomright
  E-mail
Share on facebook Facebook
Share on delicious Delicious
Share on stumbleupon Stumble
Share on twitter Twitter
More Sharing ServicesMore
Page
82
Front Matter (R1-R12)
Summary (1-4)
Study Issues, Goals, and Methodology (5-5)
Organization of the Report (6-7)
An Overview of Paratransit Vehicle Operator Issues (8-8)
FTA ADA Paratransit Compliance Reviews (9-9)
Demographic Factors Affecting Availability of Qualified Workers (10-10)
Impact of Management Characteristics and Practices (11-11)
Shortage of Vehicle Operators in Other Sectors: Fixed-Route Transit, School Bus, and Trucking (12-12)
Successful Approaches to Recruiting and Retaining Transit Vehicle Operators (13-13)
Workforce Planning: A Tool for Facilitating Vehicle Operator Availability (14-14)
Successful Approaches Cited in Other Transportation Sectors (15-17)
Attractiveness of the Operator Position (18-18)
How Providers Attract Applicants (19-19)
Factors Adversely Affecting Operator Satisfaction and Performance (20-20)
Implications of Findings (21-22)
Responses (23-23)
Workforce Status (24-24)
Pre-Qualification Requirements (25-25)
Training Completion Rates (26-26)
Annual Post-Training Turnover Rates (27-27)
Use of Split Shifts (28-29)
Pay Rates (30-30)
Impact of Wages on Turnover (31-31)
Union Representation and Impacts on Wages (32-32)
Types of Fringe Benefits Provided (33-33)
Level of Fringe Benefits Provided (34-34)
Relationship Between Paratransit and Fixed-Route Workforces (35-36)
Factors That Impact Vehicle Operator Recruitment (37-38)
Efforts Made to Improve Recruitment (39-40)
Factors That Impact Vehicle Operator Retention (41-41)
Efforts Made To Improve Retention (42-44)
Innovative Procurement Strategies (45-48)
Developing an Employee Profile and Pre-Qualifications (49-49)
Competitive Wages (50-50)
Recruitment Efforts (51-51)
Providing Effective Training and Tools (52-52)
Training (53-53)
Workable Schedules (54-54)
Management Support (55-55)
Underlying Causal Factors That Impact Vehicle Operator Recruitment and Retention (56-56)
Compensation, Turnover, Productivity, and Total Cost (57-57)
Compensation and Recruitment and Training Costs (58-58)
Purpose of the Analysis and Data Sources (59-59)
Regression Analysis (60-60)
Starting Wage, Provider Type, and Turnover (61-61)
Health Care Coverage, Provider Type, and Turnover (62-62)
Summary of Findings (63-64)
Methodology (65-65)
Productivity Results - DART, Dallas, TX (66-67)
Productivity Results - LYNX, Orlando, FL (68-68)
Methodology (69-69)
On-Time Performance Results - LYNX, Orlando, FL (70-70)
Complaint Rate Results - DART, Dallas, TX (71-71)
Summary of Findings (72-73)
Methodology (74-74)
Charlotte Area Transit System Special Transportation Service (75-76)
MV Transportation, Denver, CO (77-77)
Veolia Transportation, Baltimore, MD (78-78)
Observations (79-79)
The Other Costs of Turnover (80-80)
Characteristics of Successful ADA Paratransit Operators (81-82)
Effective Recruiting Approaches (83-86)
Comprehensive Pre-Employment Screening (87-87)
Realistic Job Previews (88-89)
Compensation (90-91)
Training in Advanced Technologies (92-92)
Providing a Supportive Work Environment (93-95)
Best Practice: Early and Ongoing Input and Involvement (96-96)
Best Practice: Mentoring (97-98)
Chapter 9 - Benefits and Issues Related to Workforce Integration and Wage Parity (99-99)
Costs and Benefits of Workforce Integration and Wage Parity (100-102)
Varieties of Integration (103-103)
Instituting Full Workforce Integration and Wage Parity: Chelan-Douglas Public Transit Benefit Area (Link Transit), Wenatchee, WA (104-104)
Integration of an Alternative to Paratransit: The City of Annapolis Department of Transportation (Annapolis Transit), Annapolis, MD (105-105)
The Dynamics of Recently Instituting Wage Parity: Utah Transit Authority (UTA), Salt Lake City, UT (106-107)
Approach and Methodology (108-108)
Lessons Learned (109-110)
Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD), Denver, CO (111-111)
Community Transit, Everett, WA (112-112)
Access Services, Inc. (ASI), Los Angeles, CA (113-114)
Madison Metro Transit, Madison, WI (115-115)
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), Orange County, CA (116-116)
Palm Tran CONNECTION, Lake Worth, FL (117-117)
City of Phoenix Public Transit Department, Phoenix, AZ (118-118)
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, San Diego, CA (119-119)
San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), San Mateo, CA (120-121)
King County Metro Transit (Metro), Seattle/King County, WA (122-123)
Chapter 11 - Future Research Needs (124-125)
References (126-127)
Bibliography (128-128)
Appendixes (129-129)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (130-130)