Paratransit: a commentary
'Paratransit' describes the transport organizations, technologies, and services that lie somewhere between conventional and personal transit in price and quality. These include dial-a-ride, demand-responsive transit, unconventional bus services, collective or shared-ride taxis, subscription transit services, car and van pools, transit clubs, and a variety of special transport arrangements aimed at specific, underserved client groups, such as the aged or handicapped. Paratransit, with its emphasis on appropriate organization and appropriate technology, heralds a return to a freer play of market forces. Paratransit services in advanced capitalist countries and third world nations are contrasted. The potential benefits of a reciprocal transfer of organizations and technology are considered. (32 references)
- Research Organization:
- Australian Natl Univ, Canberra
- OSTI ID:
- 6330420
- Journal Information:
- Planning; (United States), Journal Name: Planning; (United States) Vol. 12:8; ISSN PLNGA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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