| Title | User-Side Subsidy Programs for Special Needs Transportation: A Planning Handbook |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 48912 |
| Source | 99p. in various pages |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publication Date | 19830601 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This handbook, first of a series, provides guidance for designing and implementing a user-side subsidy program. The book is divided into two parts--Program Planning and Program Implementation. The Planning section covers six areas--Goals and Objectives; User Eligibility and Demand; Involving Service Providers; Subsidy Mechanisms; Program Administration; and Programs Costs and Funding. The Implementation sections covers three areas: Community Liaison & Marketing; Negotiating with Service Providers; and Monitoring & Refinement. User-side subsidy programs are a means of improving the mobility of selected individuals in a community without establishing new transportation services or providing operating subsidies to existing transportation providers. User-side subsidies distribute subsidies directly to users, who may then select among participating service providers for their trips. With existing operators utilized and subsidy targeted to well-defined user groups and trips, payment is automatically adjusted to the number of trips actually made. The handbook has a planning by analogy concept where past and ongoing programs can greatly simplify the process of designing new programs. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10400 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10400 |
| TRT Terms | Aged; Persons with disabilities; Paratransit services; Taxi services; Vans; Low income groups; User side subsidies; Subsidies; Financing; Finance |
| Classification | AGR - IMPACTS - Economic and Community Development; NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE; NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Transit Economics and Finance; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Economics and Finances |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-UMTA-83-35 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48900/48912/DOT-TSC-UMTA-83-35.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |