Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services (2004) / Chapter Skim
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ADA See Americans with Disabilities Act. ADA Complementary Paratransit Service Demand-responsive service that is operated in addition to fixed route service to accommodate persons who cannot ride the fixed route service because their disability prevents it.
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Arterial Route A bus route that runs on major arterial streets, out along a straight line and back, often in the form of a radial network and often connecting with other routes at a transfer point. This route design is used to provide a high frequency of service in a limited geographic area (as opposed to a loop route design)
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A categorical funding program created with the ISTEA. Directs funding to projects that contribute to meeting national air quality standards.
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In areas where demand for travel follows certain patterns routinely, but the demand for these patterns is not high enough to warrant fixed route, service options such as checkpoint service, point deviation, route deviation, service routes, or subscription service might be the answer. These are all examples of flexible routing and schedules, and each may help the transit system make its demand-responsive services more efficient while still maintaining much of the flexibility of demand responsiveness.
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In areas where demand for travel follows certain patterns routinely, but the demand for these patterns is not high enough to warrant fixed route, service options such as checkpoint service, point deviation, route deviation, service routes, or subscription service might be the answer. These are all examples of flexible routing and schedules, and each may help the transit system make its demand-responsive services more efficient while still maintaining much of the flexibility of demand responsiveness.
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Congress that restructured funding for transportation programs. ISTEA authorized increased levels of highway and transportation funding and an enlarged role for regional planning commissions/MPOs in funding decisions.
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A Federal transportation program authorized by ISTEA that designates nationally significant Interstate Highways and roads for interstate travel, national defense, intermodal connections, and international commerce. Other eligible activities include bikeways and park-and-ride lots.
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Paratransit is often more appropriate than fixed route services in rural areas and in areas with large populations of elderly persons or persons with disabilities. Paratransit services that are provided to accommodate passengers with disabilities who are unable to use fixed route service and that meet specific service equivalency tests are called ADA complementary paratransit services.
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This timing facilitates transferring but necessitates a transfer facility where simultaneously all buses can safely drop off passengers and wait, and passengers can easily and safely get to the bus to which they are transferring. Radial Network A public transit route service pattern in which most routes converge into and diverge from a central transfer point or hub, like the spokes of a wheel.
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Related terms include public transit, mass transit, public transportation, urban transit, and paratransit. Transit Dependent Persons who must rely on public transit or paratransit services for most of their transportation.
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. This legislation replaces the 1991 authorizations known as ISTEA but essentially continues the program changes initiated under ISTEA (increased levels of highway and transportation funding, an enlarged role for regional planning commissions/MPOs in funding decisions, and requirements for comprehensive regional long-range transportation plans and for public participation and transportation alternatives)
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Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. Statewide and metropolitan planning regulations.
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