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https://doi.org/10.3141/1571-09

http://scholar.google.com...ewis&publication_year=1997

Four techniques are described for forecasting the demand for paratransit required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): surveys, intuitive comparison with other systems, cross-sectional econometric analysis, and time-series econometric analysis. The application of these methods in Seattle and New York is described, illustrating the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The ADA leaves considerable room for localities to determine the level of trip denials that can be tolerated. The econometric models provide a quantitative forecast of the effects of different levels of service availability as measured by trip denial rates. It demonstrates that the importance of service availability varies among communities.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1571, Public Transit 1997: Bus, Paratransit, Intermodal, and Rail.

English

p. 67-74

1997

Transportation Research Record

0309061512

Figures (4) ; References (9) ; Tables (4)

Alternatives analysis; Communities; Cross sectional studies; Cross sections; Data collection; Demand; Econometric models; Economic forecasting; Forecasting; Paratransit services; Service time; Serviceability; Surveys; Time series analysis

Americans with Disabilities Act

New York (New York); Seattle (Washington)

New York (New York); Seattle (Washington)

Design; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society

TRIS, TRB

Oct 2 1997 12:00AM

• ACHIEVING SUBURBAN TRANSIT POTENTIAL: SACRAMENTO REVISITED
• AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PARATRANSIT, AND DIALYSIS
• APPLICATION OF INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS TO BUS MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
• BLAMING THE VICTORS: CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE OPERATORS INVOLVED IN ON-BOARD ALTERCATIONS
• BUS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: ON-TIME PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE REGULARITY
• COST AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPACTS OF A "SMART" PARATRANSIT SYSTEM
• DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSED MYRTLE-WYCKOFF INTERMODAL FACILITY
• DIESEL LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT: NICHE DESCRIPTION AND RATING SYSTEM
• EFFECTS OF BUS STOP DESIGN ON SUBURBAN ARTERIAL OPERATIONS
• INTEGRATED TIMED TRANSFER: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
• INTEGRATION OF PARATRANSIT AND TRANSIT SERVICES: IMPORTANCE OF VEHICLE TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS TO CONSUMERS
• ITERATIVE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION: A MODEL OF SUCCESSFUL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT
• LOADGEN: NJ TRANSIT'S RIDERSHIP ALLOCATION MODEL
• NEW JERSEY STATEWIDE RAIL RIGHT-OF-WAY STUDY: TOWARD A FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING AND PRESERVATION
• NEW VEHICLE OPTIONS FOR LOWER-COST RAIL MOBILITY: USING DIESEL OR DUAL-POWERED LIGHT RAIL CARS AS A TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
• NJ TRANSIT'S RAIL COACH PURCHASE: LETTING THE CUSTOMERS CHOOSE
• PARATRANSIT CUSTOMER: MODELING ELEMENTS OF SATISFACTION WITH SERVICE
• PERFORMANCE IMPACTS OF OPERATING SUBSIDIES IN THE PARATRANSIT SECTOR
• PRODUCTIVITY FREQUENCY INDEX
• PUBLIC DECISION MAKING FOR THE CALTRAIN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO EXTENSION PROJECT
• RAIL IN MULTIMODAL TRANSIT SYSTEMS: CONCEPT FOR IMPROVING URBAN MOBILITY BY INCREASING CHOICES FOR TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE
• RAIL TRANSIT IN THE SUBURBS: CASE STUDY OF TRANSIT USE IN ATLANTA'S AFFLUENT NORTHERN TIER
• REDISCOVERING THE URBAN RAILROAD
• TRIP ASSIGNMENT MODEL FOR TIMED-TRANSFER TRANSIT SYSTEMS
• WE CAN'T HEAR YOU! SAN DIEGO'S TECHNIQUES FOR GETTING BALANCED COMMUNITY INPUT IN MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDIES