Forms of Community Mobility Flashcards
Public transportation
Means of moving more than one person at a time from point to point that is
available to all citizens of an area and funded, at least in part, by taxes (Womack & Silverstein, 2012,
p. 28)
Fixed-route transportation is most typically offered in the form of?
bus, subway, train, and light rail.
Fixed-route transportation
Transportation alternatives with a fixed route and schedule for travel between destinations.
Paratransit services:
Transportation alternatives operated by transit systems for clients who have functional impairments that limit their access to regular fixed-route services.
Paratransit is most typically offered in the form of?
Van, shuttle, or microbus services
Even though some paratransit systems offer customized assistance, most require that
The rider be functionally able to meet the vehicle at the street
Where do paratransit services pick up riders to take them to specific locations?
outside their homes and take them to specific locations.
Commercial transportation:
Transportation services operated as for-profit enterprises for which people pay privately
Name three forms of commercial transportation
a. Commercial carriers (e.g., airlines, trains)
b. Taxi services
c. Shuttle and van services (small-vehicle fleets)
Supplemental transportation:
Silverstein, 2012, p. 31).
Volunteer, nonprofit, or community-based transportation options serving older adults and people with disabilities who either are unable to use existing transportation
services or desire more flexible travel options
Senior-friendly supplemental transportation is ideally based on the “Five A’s” of
availability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, and affordability
b. Supplemental transportation for seniors is particularly important because most U.S. older adults who cease driving ride as _____ rather than _____
Passengers in private automobiles rather than use public transportation
Curb-to-curb:
Passengers are picked up at the curb of their point of origin and dropped off at
the curb of their destination. Drivers may assist riders with getting on and off the vehicle but do
not assist riders into buildings or with things they are carrying.
Door-to-door
Passengers may be assisted from the doorway of their point of origin to the en-
trance to their destination but are not assisted to enter.
Door-through-door:
Passengers may be assisted to exit their travel point of origin and to enterthe building at their destination, as well as on and off the vehicle. This assistance may be direct physical assistance or assistance with packages.
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