Just what should ‘paratransit’ parallel?
March 24th, 2008Austin [Texas] American-Statesman columnist Ben Wear analyzes the heated discussions that are cropping up in his city these days as officials debate changes to the city’s special transit services for people with disabilities.
The local transit authority says its paratransit costs have almost doubled since 2001 to $26.9 million annually, and consume almost 19.3 percent of its budget to serve about 2 percent of its ridership. It is cracking down on some services. People with disabilities oppose changes in curb-to-curb service. The real question, Wear says, is this: ‘Just what do we owe such people?’
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