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Title:

COMPARISON OF TWO BROKERAGES: LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM HOUSTON AND PITTSBURGH

Accession Number:

00349074

Record Type:

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Abstract:

An examination is presented of two similar transportation systems that were designed to test two assumptions: (a) that transportation services can be provided to the elderly and the handicapped more effectively and efficiently when coordinated by a single agency than when provided by conventional, fragmented systems and (b) that specialized or paratransit services are the most appropriate way to meet the transportation needs of elderly and handicapped clients. The two communities involved are Houston, Texas, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each community developed a brokerage system to deliver services to elderly and handicapped clients in its service area. The experiences of both systems with regard to costs, fares, ridership patterns, operational experiences, and goals and objectives are discussed. An examination of the important differences and similarities in the two systems and an evaluation of the important and transferable findings that follow from that examination are provided.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Transportation for the Transportation Disadvantaged. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01411638

Authors:

Rosenbloom, Sandra
Warren, David

Editors:

McLaughlin, Mary

Pagination:

pp 7-15

Publication Date:

1981

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 830
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16

ISBN:

0309033071

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (2) ; Tables (1)

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 30 1982 12:00AM

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