Elderly and disabled transportation plan for the Merrimack Valley

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6762732

This report explores ways to meet the transportation needs of elderly and disabled people in a number of communities north of Boston, Massachusetts. The study uses a process which appears to have broad applicability in other jurisdictions. It examines the demographics in the communities involved first, projecting them into the future. It then conducts a detailed inventory of transportation services, including services for the general public and special users provided by the local transit authorities, private nonprofit services for special users, and privately provided services. Conducting a community-by-community review, the process notes overall levels of demand, concentrations of special users and their destinations, and the location of transportation routes relative to them. It then recommends new services or alterations to existing services to remedy present or future mismatches. The report should be of interest to transportation planners in communities of all sizes.

• Research Organization: Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Haverill, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6762732
• Report Number(s): PB-89-130991/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS
MASSACHUSETTS
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
PLANNING
AGE GROUPS
AGED ADULTS
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