Transportation

Results: 6

• Accessible Travel Information (1)
  PL-8700.0300

  Accessible Travel Information

  PL-8700.0300
  
  Programs that provide information about travel agents, tour operators, adventure travel companies, accessible cruise specialists, accessible van rentals and equipment, travel companions, home exchanges and access guides (locations in the U.S. or worldwide) for people who use wheelchairs or other travelers with disabilities.
• Bicycle Repair (1)
  BM-7000.1000

  Bicycle Repair

  BM-7000.1000
  
  Programs that pay for or provide maintenance and repair services for people whose bicycles are not functioning properly.
• Driver Training (5)
  PL-7400.1900

  Driver Training

  PL-7400.1900
  
  Programs that provide behind the wheel instruction for individuals who want to learn to drive a motor vehicle including automobiles, commercial vehicles, off-road vehicles, tractors and other farm equipment.
• Local Bus Transit Services (1)
  BT-4500.4700-500

  Local Bus Transit Services

  BT-4500.4700-500
  
  Organizations that provide fixed-route mass transit services that utilize buses to transport people within the limits of a city, a metropolitan area, a county or a multicounty region or to move people from outlying areas into a city or metropolitan area. With traditional fixed-route services, buses run along an established path at preset times picking up passengers at designated bus stops. Variations include express fixed-route services with fewer stops; deviated-fixed route services which allow vehicles to deviate from the fixed route to pick up passengers at other specific locations, e.g., places of employment or child care centers, while keeping to a timetable for scheduled stops; point-deviation services which allow vehicles to stop at scheduled stops per a timetable but pick up passengers with advanced reservations between scheduled stops; and arrangements in which vehicles have no fixed stops but allow riders to hail a vehicle which travels along a fixed route and request a drop-off anywhere along the route.
• Paratransit Programs (19)
  BT-4500.6500

  Paratransit Programs

  BT-4500.6500
  
  Programs that provide flexibly scheduled and routed transportation services using low capacity vehicles such as vans for community residents who do not have private transportation and are unable to use the fixed-route public transportation system. Paratransit services generally operate within normal urban transit corridors or rural areas; and may be used by the general public or limited to special populations such as people who are elderly or have a disability, individuals who are not in a sober enough condition to drive their own vehicles or people who are endangered.
• Taxi Services (1)
  BT-4500.4500-850

  Taxi Services

  BT-4500.4500-850
  
  Organizations that provide door-to-door automobile transportation for people who are willing to pay an established fare that is usually recorded by a meter. In some communities, the organization coordinating paratransit services contracts with taxi companies to provide transportation.