Table of Contents

• 1. Paratransit Service Design
  • 1.1 MAT Paratransit Service
  • 1.2 Complementary Paratransit and the ADA
  • 1.3 The Benefits of Uniform Service
    • 1.3.1 Service development
    • 1.3.2 Understanding and awareness of MAT service
    • 1.3.3 Vehicles and equipment
    • 1.3.4 Expansion of fixed-route service
  • 1.4 A Note on Service to Dilworth
  • 1.5 Case Studies of Four Similar Systems
• 2. MAT Paratransit Service Options
  • 2.1 Data and Methodology
  • 2.2 Service Option I: Metro Service
    • 2.2.1 Service Description
    • 2.2.2 Revenues and Costs
    • 2.2.3 Pros and Cons of Continuing Current Service
  • 2.3 Service Option II: Three-Quarter-Mile Service
    • 2.3.1 Service Description
    • 2.3.2 Revenues and Costs
    • 2.3.3 Pros and Cons of Three-Quarter Mile Service
  • 2.4 Service Option III: Two-Zone Service
    • 2.4.1 Service Description
    • 2.4.2 Revenues and Costs
    • 2.4.3 Pros and Cons of Two Zone Service
  • 2.5 Service Option IV: Three-City Service
    • 2.5.1 Service Description
    • 2.5.2 Revenues and Costs
    • 2.5.3 Pros and Cons of Three-City Service
  • 2.6 Service Option V: Three-City-Two-Zone Service
    • 2.6.1 Service Description
    • 2.6.2 Revenues and Costs
    • 2.6.3 Pros and Cons of Three-City-Two-Zone Service
• 3. Summary of Results
  • 3.1 Comparing the Service Alternatives
  • 3.2 Metropolitan Area Growth and Long-Term Considerations
  • 3.3 Additional Service Alternatives
  • 3.4 Service Policy Considerations & Recommendations
• References
• Appendix I: Case Study Summaries*

*available in the PDF version

Metropolitan Area Transit Paratransit Service Boundary Study

David Ripplinger
Associate Research Fellow

Small Urban & Rural Transit Center
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University

August 2005

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