The report describes in 2 volumes the transportation problems of the handicapped and older persons of St. Louis, Missouri. The features of the proposed plan are: (1) contracts between the Bi-State Development Agency and health-welfare agencies for purchased transit services; (2) reductions in fares for all persons over 65, and further reductions, through a specific agency contract, for seniors and handicapped who are poor; (3) a special demand actuated subsidiary of the Bi-State system providing door-to-door service for handicapped persons and for the elderly who do not live near the present bus routes; and (4) an accountability system that assures payment for all trips under the various agency contracts. The major breakthrough of the proposed demonstration would be the entry of the transit operator into a new social service role, providing transportation on a purchased services basis in support of health-welfare programs. Simultaneously, the operator would be initiating a new form of public transportation---small bus, demand actuated, door-to-door service.


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    Title :

    Transportation for Seniors and Handicapped Persons in St. Louis. Volume I. Main Report


    Publication date :

    1974


    Size :

    80 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English