The Provision of a Community Responsive Public Transportation in Urban Areas

In Sweden the design of a community responsive public transportation for urban areas consists of, first, traditional fixed route service. This service, utilizing standard 12 meter (40-foot) buses designed to Swedish law, supports the needs of mass transportation for people with little or no mobility limitations. To facilitate boarding and alighting these vehicles, under Swedish law, relatively accessible, if some service-oriented measures are introduced. Second, services routes, operated with smaller 6-8 meter (20-26 foot) low floor buses, to serve seriously disabled persons who cannot cope with public transportation involving large vehicles, long distances to and from the bus stop, and the stresses encountered during the trip. These people either do not presently use public transportation, or can only use it with great difficulty. Thirdly, the special transportation system will be available for people who are so seriously handicapped that they require door-to-door transportation services. A community responsive public transportation systems means that each system can better meet the varying needs of different individuals with impaired physical strength and/or mental capacity.