paratransit
English
WOTD – 26 April 2012
Etymology
From para- (“beside”) + transit, perhaps influenced by paraplegia. US from 1972.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌpeɪɹəˈtɹænzɪt/
- IPA: /ˌpeɪɹəˈtɹænsɪt/
Noun
paratransit (countable and uncountable, plural paratransits)
- An auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand. [From 1972.]
- 2000, Marco Bristo, Promises to Keep: A Decade of Federal Enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act, page 279:
- The disability community had hoped that the submission of ADA complementary paratransit plans to FTA would constitute an opportunity for real monitoring of local progress and that FTA would take action to ensure that transit agencies were in compliance with their plans.
- 2010, Kenneth Button, A Dictionary of Transport Analysis, page 295:
- In developing countries the form of paratransit modes range from simple non-motorized human, mainly hand-drawn or pedal-driven, or animal-powered vehicles to motorized minibuses.
Translations
auxiliary transit service for the disabled
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See also
- paratransit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- 1980, Australian Bureau of Transport Economics, South Australian Department of Transport, Paratransit: Changing Perceptions of Public Transport : Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Mount Gambier, 20-23 February 1979, page 37 — The term ‘paratransit’ was first used in the US by the federal Department of Transportation (DOT) in a request for research proposals issued in 1972.
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