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12 Sharing the Costs of Human Services Transportation
Table 4-2. Additional transportation program data.
Types of Data Common Measures More Detailed Measures Additional Measures
Cost of Total dollar costs Operating costs Value of in-kind or
Services Administrative costs donated services or
Capital costs property
Service Total vehicle miles Services provided by paid Trip denials
Outputs Total vehicle hours staff versus volunteers, in Delays or complaints
large versus small vehicles, Road calls
in group trips versus Accidents
individual trips
Services Total number of trips Trips by type, such as Passenger revenues
Consumed Total unduplicated ambulatory or non- Passenger miles
number of persons ambulatory
receiving services Passengers by type, such as
seniors or persons with
disabilities
for these various tasks. Knowing which agencies could offer the greatest values in donated
services or materials could help in the selection process.
· Why do some trips cost more than others? Some trips require more time or may cover
greater distances. Adding information about types of passengers (e.g., for ambulatory or non-
ambulatory riders) could help explain differences in actual or anticipated trip costs. Some trips
have greater administrative burdens such as special billing requirements, prior authorizations,
and client eligibility.
· Are we providing high-quality services? Adding service output measures such as trip denials
and complaints would provide an assessment of service quality that would ensure that com-
parisons were being made among like services. Customer satisfaction surveys can illuminate
problems such as excessive waiting times to book trips or similar problems.
· Are services being provided to those persons who need them the most? Adding information
about types of riders (by age, disability status, or other characteristics) helps programs under-
stand if they are targeting their services to their intended target groups, who generally include
persons with the greatest travel needs.
· Are the riders charged appropriate fares for their rides? Information on revenues from
riders is useful for budgeting purposes and for calculating subsidies if subsidies are needed,
but many human services transportation programs do not collect fares from their riders. Some
transportation systems serving the general public also do not collect fares from the riders;
instead, they use other taxes or local fees to support the system to avoid administrative costs
of handling cash.
Current Efforts Often Are Incomplete
Table 4-3 shows current data collection procedures for some of the major federal programs
serving the general public and persons with special travel needs. Specific data availability, assessed
at the state or federal level, is expressed in the following range:
· Highly detailed.
· Available.
· Often available.
· Sometimes available.
· Seldom available.
· Not available.
