Paratransit in America: Redefining Mass Transportation

by Robert Cervero

Paratransit challenges the conventional approach to public transport in the United States, which depends on fixed-route, fixed-schedule, publicly owned or regulated systems such as buses and trains. Paratransit is a type of service which relies on small vehicles which are frequently privately owned and operated, and which may not work on a schedule. The various options concerning service types, market niches, and effectiveness are discussed, along...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027595725X
• ISBN13: 9780275957254
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"