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Practices in No-Show and Late Cancellation Policies for ADA Paratransit (2005) / Chapter Skim
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... Examples include trip priorities, waiting lists, or an operational pattern or practice resulting in a substantial number of untimely pick-ups, excessively long trips, trip denials, or carrier missed trips. 40 Curb-to-curb service -- A common designation for paratransit services.
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... Sometimes slack time is built into a schedule to accommodate anticipated additions or changes. Subscription service -- Repetitive service provided by advance reservations for the same trip, at the same time and day of travel over an extended period (often weeks or months)
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  • ada complementary
  • advance reservations
  • ada paratransit
  • paratransit services

  • specific location
  • passenger refuses
  • individual passengers
  • trip requests
  • transit services

  • service request
  • transit agency
  • touch tone
  • order service
  • transit vehicle

  • sometimes referred
  • trip denials
  • vehicle picks
  • missed trips
  • service contacts

  • carrier fails
  • passenger assistance
  • examples include
  • require advance
  • enter data

  • subscription bus
  • charges passengers
  • single trip
  • driver actually
  • bus services


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