Using public transportation to reduce the economic, social, and human costs of personal immobility
The lack of personal mobility has economic, social, and human costs, such as higher unemployment, reduced tax revenue, greater welfare and medical costs, and limited social potential. There is a need to define and measure the economic, social, and human costs of personal immobility and to identify p...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
[National Academy Press]
[1998]
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| Colección: | National Academies ebooks.
TCRP web document ; 7. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44913631*spi |
| Sumario: | The lack of personal mobility has economic, social, and human costs, such as higher unemployment, reduced tax revenue, greater welfare and medical costs, and limited social potential. There is a need to define and measure the economic, social, and human costs of personal immobility and to identify public transportation services that will help reduce such costs. For the purposes of this project, the public transportation system was broadly defined to include publicly operated rail, bus, and light rail systems; school bus systems; social service agency transportation; paratransit; jitneys; private bus systems; and taxicabs. This research identified 11 transportation practices that help reduce such costs and provide economic benefits to both the riders and the larger community. Included in the report is the in-depth documentation of 11 case studies conducted in the following regions: one in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two in rural South Carolina; one in rural Missouri; one in Miami, Florida; three in Los Angeles, California; and three in Oakland, California and its suburbs. |
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| Notas: | "The research described in this report was performed under TCRP Project H-8 by Crain & Associates, Inc., Ricardo Byrd, and Omniversed International. Gail Murray was the Principal Investigator and principal author of the summary and all chapters except Chapter 4"--Author acknowledgements. "Appendix A: Contractor's case studies." "Research sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration in cooperation with the Transit Development Corporation." "December, 1998." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas. |
