TY - GEN
T1 - Travel Behaviors of the Transportation-Disabled Population and Impacts of Alternate Transit Choices
T2 - International Conference on Transportation and Development 2021: Transportation Operations, Technologies, and Safety, ICTD 2021
AU - Arif Khan, Muhammad
AU - Shahmoradi, Amir
AU - Etminani-Ghasrodashti, Roya
AU - Kermanshachi, Sharareh
AU - Michael Rosenberger, Jay
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The growing number of disabled and senior citizens in the United States encourages cities to provide this population with paratransit services. This study explores the travel patterns of a paratransit service while considering the age-based trip characteristics of riders. We utilize a paratransit trip data set specialized for seniors and people with disabilities in the City of Arlington, TX. While a small number of eligible users take most trips, the ridership is significantly higher in adults under 65 years of age. Younger users mostly ride paratransit service for work/school trips, while older adults have a higher tendency for medical and recreational trips. Older adults tend to have fewer and shorter trips with a different temporal pattern than younger users. The results suggest that the availability of alternative modes negatively influences paratransit usage. This study could also be useful for future AV planners seeking to predict individuals' travel patterns of the proposed AV service.
AB - The growing number of disabled and senior citizens in the United States encourages cities to provide this population with paratransit services. This study explores the travel patterns of a paratransit service while considering the age-based trip characteristics of riders. We utilize a paratransit trip data set specialized for seniors and people with disabilities in the City of Arlington, TX. While a small number of eligible users take most trips, the ridership is significantly higher in adults under 65 years of age. Younger users mostly ride paratransit service for work/school trips, while older adults have a higher tendency for medical and recreational trips. Older adults tend to have fewer and shorter trips with a different temporal pattern than younger users. The results suggest that the availability of alternative modes negatively influences paratransit usage. This study could also be useful for future AV planners seeking to predict individuals' travel patterns of the proposed AV service.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784483534.043
DO - 10.1061/9780784483534.043
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85108022986
T3 - International Conference on Transportation and Development 2021: Transportation Operations, Technologies, and Safety - Selected Papers from the International Conference on Transportation and Development 2021
SP - 502
EP - 512
BT - International Conference on Transportation and Development 2021
A2 - Bhat, Chandra R.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Y2 - 8 June 2021 through 10 June 2021
ER -