Use of Taxis in Public Transportation for People with Disabilities and Older Adults (2016) / Chapter Skim
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9 chapter two LITERATURE REVIEW INTRODUCTION This chapter summarizes relevant findings from the literature review. Relevant literature was identified through a review of TCRP reports, a search of the TRB Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS)
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10 around the country, the guidebook includes a chapter documenting the policies, procedures, strategies, and practices -- collectively referred to as management actions -- reported by the sampled DRT systems to improve performance. Among the management actions is a same-day taxi program.
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11 were challenges in obtaining affordable insurance for the accessible vehicles and in serving the demand over a large service area with the limited number of accessible vehicles. An earlier report, TCRP Report 75: The Role of the Private-for-Hire Vehicle Industry in Public Transit (2002)
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12 Another Easter Seals Project ACTION document is Moving Forward Together: A Workbook for Initiating and Increasing Accessible Taxi Services in Your Community (2005)
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13 pation enables providers to benefit from business opportunities presented by transportation plans and projects, such as services funded by different grant programs that may involve private providers. The guidebook is Private Transportation Operators at the Table: A Guide to Participating in the Transportation Planning Process (2011)
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14 the agency's dedicated van and sedan service for ADA riders because those short trips can more easily be grouped on dedicated service and benefit productivity. In addition, the transit agency concluded that a same-day, user-side subsidy program was likely to become so popular that it could increase overall costs of paratransit, even if it lowered the cost of certain individual trips.
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