User-Side Subsidies for Shared Ride Taxi Service in Danville, Illinois: Phase 1

Details

• Creators:
  FitzGerald, Peter G.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Crain & Associates ; United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Subsidies
  • User side subsidies
  • Taxicabs
  • Ridership
  • Economic factors
  • Aged
  • Persons with disabilities
  • User needs
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-19;UMTA-IL-06-0034-77-1
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1526660
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois
• Edition:
  Final report; Sep 1975-Dec 1976
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  An UMTA Service and Methods Demonstration has been implemented in Danville, Illinois. The Purpose of the Demonstration is to test the use of a user-side subsidy on a shared ride taxi service for handicapped and elderly persons. This report presents time series and survey data analysis on the workability, cost-effectiveness and impacts of the project during Phase I. The demonstration has proven that a user-side subsidy can be workable and cost effective. Project demand has been moderate and costs per passenger trip have proven to be very low. Members of the demonstration to include a user-side subsidy for all persons on privately operated regularly scheduled fixed route service.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10197/dot_10197_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.29 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:64cda3e560b3c90b64912bd938bafceaffbf5185e9248ee98bdb8cc97d660f64