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Title:

EVOLUTION OF FUNCTIONAL ELIGIBILITY AND CERTIFICATION FOR PARATRANSIT SERVICE: THE CHICAGO EXPERIENCE

Accession Number:

00625116

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309052009

Abstract:

The recently adopted Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) identifies eligibility and certification as critical determinants in paratransit services. The ADA has also set guidelines for paratransit operators to develop functionally based certification methods predicated on the applicant's ability to use mainline services rather than on their medical condition. The Regional Transportation Authority paratransit services have gradually developed the components to enable functional certification of severely disabled riders. These components include the development of standardized paratransit eligibility in a region with multiple paratransit operations, a functional certification method for the blind, and conditional and functional certification methods for the developmentally disabled. It is expected that certification methods developed through coordination with regional transit operators and state agencies have well positioned paratransit operations in northeastern Illinois to serve riders as envisioned under the ADA.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1338, Public Transit: Bus, Paratransit, and Ridesharing. 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 #:

01404960

Language:

English

Authors:

De Alba, Manuel

Pagination:

p. 65-69

Publication Date:

1992

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1338
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309052009

Features:

Figures (2) ; References (4)

Geographic Terms:

Chicago (Illinois)

Old TRIS Terms:

Chicago (Illinois)

Subject Areas:

Education and Training; Highways; Public Transportation; Society

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Oct 19 1993 12:00AM

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