Subsidized Taxi Programs for Elderly and Handicapped Persons in the San Francisco Bay Area

Bloomfield, Pamela; Flynn, Sydwell

doi:10.21949/1527081

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Subsidized Taxi Programs for Elderly and Handicapped Persons in the San Francisco Bay Area

1977-09-01
By Bloomfield, Pamela ; Flynn, Sydwell

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English

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Creators:

Bloomfield, Pamela ; Flynn, Sydwell
Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Corporate Contributors:

Crain & Associates ; United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
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Publication/ Report Number:

UMTA-MA-06-0049-77-9 ; DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-42
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21949/1527081
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

San Francisco Bay Area
Description:

The report examines subsidized taxi systems serving elderly and handicapped persons in six locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. The systems studied are San Leandro, Santa Clara County, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Lafayette, and Fremont. These systems are designed to deliver taxi service at a reasonable cost to target groups residing within the program areas. The objectives of the report are: (1) to describe six programs which deliver transportation service to elderly and handicapped persons utilizing the subsidized taxi mode; (2) to identify the essential similarities and differences among these programs; (3) to illustrate, in qualitative terms, the nature of the costs, efficiencies and impacts on taxi operators, subsidizers, and users of the six approaches; and (4) to interpret this information and identify those findings which appear to be transferable to planners in other localities. The subsidized taxi programs are successfully delivering transportation service to elderly and handicapped residents in all locations as evidenced by rising client enrollment and ridership volumes. Overall, response to the programs has been and continues to be extremely favorable.
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11540/dot_11540_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 4.24 MB]
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Volpe Center
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:78f3b3661029fad944354299db48ee5ef2790e47a7473462c032f078f873e431

File Language:

English

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