This Report was developed as part of Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project H-30, Strategies to Increase Coordination of Transportation Services for the Transportation Disadvantaged. The project’s goal was to identify strategies for initiating or improving coordination of publicly funded transportation services for transportation-disadvantaged individuals—older adults, people with disabilities, human services agency clients, and others—that could be implemented on the regional or local level. Recognizing that transportation coordination has been the subject of extensive previous work, the identification of innovative strategies and approaches was an important objective.The research report is presented in seven chapters that present (1) an introduction that includes a “road map” to the final report; (2) a history of transportation coordination in the United States; (3) a discussion of current coordination trends and challenges; (4) a review of transportation services and options; (5) the processes used to plan, budget, and promote coordinated transportation services; (6) a review of funding sources; and (7) information on technology and its application to transportation coordination. Most chapters are supported by case studies. TCRP Report 105 includes six appendixes presented on the accompanying CD-ROM (CRP-CD-51). (Author/publisher)
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