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105 Another approach for providing transit services for people with disabilities is to use alternative service designs that can meet the needs of all riders. Rather than providing traditional fixedroute transit with ADA complementary paratransit, service designs that can meet the needs of all riders can be considered.
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106 Strategy Guide to enable and promote the Use of Fixed-route transit by people with Disabilities accept deviations from all riders are considered to be "demand responsive" services by FTA, and ADA paratransit is not required as a complement to these services.
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alternative transit Service Designs 107 • Restrictions or priorities based on trip purpose (deviations must be allowed for all trip purposes)
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108 Strategy Guide to enable and promote the Use of Fixed-route transit by people with Disabilities In addition to this advance reservation service, a limited number of locations are identified and designated where service is provided on a set schedule without advance reservations. For example, vehicles may stop at a designated shopping center every hour on the hour and at a designated apartment complex every hour on the half-hour.
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alternative transit Service Designs 109 Two advantages of point deviation transit services are: • Regularly scheduled stops at designation locations can help to organize demand around trips to and from these locations by advertising the times that service is provided to these places. • Having designated, scheduled stops can allow this portion of the service to be opened to the public without significant impact on vehicle schedules.
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110 Strategy Guide to enable and promote the Use of Fixed-route transit by people with Disabilities drop-offs at other, non-designated locations can be allowed for some or all riders. The request stop design based on a demand responsive model is shown in Figure 8-4.
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alternative transit Service Designs 111 hours. For example, it might include places that employ people with disabilities that only need to be served on a couple of runs in the morning and a couple of runs in the afternoon.
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112 Strategy Guide to Enable and Promote the Use of Fixed-Route Transit by People with Disabilities Figure 8-5. Map of community bus routes in Broward County (courtesy of Broward County Transit)
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alternative transit Service Designs 113 Service Characteristics That Meet the Needs of People with Disabilities Compared to traditional fixed-route transit services, community buses provide better coverage throughout the service area. Routes are designed to travel on neighborhood streets to minimize the walking distance to and from stops.
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114 Strategy Guide to enable and promote the Use of Fixed-route transit by people with Disabilities Important Feeder Service Considerations Following are important operational issues and considerations if feeder service is used in ADA paratransit operations as an alternative to direct, origin-todestination service: • Feeder service is an operational choice that transit agencies may consider for specific trips. Feeder service is not a type of eligibility.
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alternative transit Service Designs 115 8.6 General Public Demand Responsive Service Many transit agencies provide general public demand responsive service. A recent survey of public transit agencies conducted for FTA's ATFA project found that 26% of respondents indicated that they operated some form of general public demand responsive service.
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116 Strategy Guide to Enable and Promote the Use of Fixed-Route Transit by People with Disabilities ADA paratransit eligible. On the western side of the county (coastside)
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Alternative Transit Service Designs 117 The RediCoast service is partly funded with Federal Section 5311 rural transportation assistance. Section 5311 funding pays half of the operating costs of services in the rural portions of the service area.
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