The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990(ADA)Paratransit Cost Issues and Solutions for the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) and Beyond

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) stipulates the provision of complementary paratransit to people unable to use regular public transportation. With the emergence of a wide range of public transportation services, problems have occurred for public transit agencies, especially the rising costs of providing services for paratransit. Even though paratransit services are one of the most efficient ways to help move people with disabilities and the elderly, they are the most expensive and the most difficult to coordinate and operate. The purpose of this thesis is to define different types of paratransit services and their characteristics, expound major paratransit expense issues, describe the existing conditions of paratransit in Richmond, Virginia, and make policy and strategy recommendations for the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) based on a comparative analysis of fifteen case studies of paratransit agencies in the country.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Urban & Regional Planning

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Urban and Regional Planning

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Fei, Di

Contributors dc:contributor

• Xueming Chen

• Paratransit
• cost issues
• cost solutions
• GRTC
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Urban Studies and Planning

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• © The Author

Identifier

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/641

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1640