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Figure 3 OVERLAP OF TRANSIT DEPENDENTS

THE YOUNG

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THE THE POOR HANDICAPPED

THE AGED

Source: Falcocchio, p.~

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Figure 4. LIFE SPACE OF AGES OF MAN (RADIAL)

~chooi0Jayground (a) YOUNG CHILD ~

(b) OLDER CHILD

• Dental

Visiting• Entertainment• • Shopping (c) ADULT •Med1col • Home•

Church• • • Medical Recreation.-

(d) OLDER ADULT

Source: Falcocchio, p. 106 \ Cl - -10-

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A.GM Cargo Ties I

AMCRA Corp. I

; · Blitz Body Co. .;

Blue Bird Body Co. I

'Braun Corp. I .;

Ca~dwell Co. , Inc. I Cambridge Wire Cloth Co. .;

() Carpenter Body Works I

Cheney Co. .;

' C~M. American Division I Coach & Equipment Sales Corp. I I

Collins Industries, Inc. .; .; .; .;

Compass Industries, Inc. .; .;

: · Cortez Corp. .. .;

Crawford (Donald J) I

Crown Coach Corp. .;

Derham Custom Body Co. .; \ I 1\ .; Drive Haster 'r r,) I I ..... , .....

.Eastern Rotocraft i I

\ Ele~trobus ! I I Environmental Equipment .; I

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J~ c~ §"' 4.1 ,..., (_. it,...,.,., 0 i.., 0, ~ ! tV ,_,4.1 :: I. ] ~ c: ':: !§ .8 ..,., (J q, ~~ E1 {f1 (J "§ I -4.1 1--t Clj ~ e., 0 ~ ~ e3' ... - ~ .. . "' l,'*J,...:t ., ... ..,...... , I ~ EON Corp. .; J •. 'FS:i: _West Coach, Inc. I ' i .~leetwood Transit Bus, Inc. I 4 t F1xibie Co. I f .J Fiberglas Van Conve.rsions ' I l I ·.. FMC Corp. - Bros. ' I . - Buses -- ;I ' ... I ... , Handi-Ramp, Inc. I ;Hames Bus Sales I Helper Industries; Inc • I I I . .. Highway Products, Inc. .;-

Indiana Mills & Hanufacturing I .. Lance Enterprises, Inc. .,1

Mac's Power Lift Gate I

Maxon Industries, Inc. .,1

~IediCab Int~rnational·, Inc. I I

Medical Coaches, Inc. I ....' : ~ .,1 Mercedes Benz ·-j i Micro Bus Corp. I I I I I l J- Minibus, Inc . .; .,1 . I I j j 0 .. -

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.:.·Motot::ette Corp. .; ~ .. Mzuri Products .;

Noise, Inc. I

Para Industries, Ltd · . .; .; I

~erfection-Cobey Co. I

Quality Coach I : ¥£B Manufacturing, Inc. I

Recreation Industries, Inc. I

R.J. Chairlift Co., Inc • I I I .. Robin Aids, Inc. .; I .; I .. Royce International I .; .. Safety Van Lift · I

· Scott & Svns (Fred) .; r Sheller Globe Corp. .; .;·

Skillcraft Industries .; ·I I I

Speedy Wagon Sales Corp I .; ·- Target Industries, Inc. I .; .; .j

Taylor (S. G.) Chair Co. J I

Thomas Built Buses, Inc. .; :

Travel Equipment Corp. "I

Trar!scoach I I

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·' :... ~r - .... : ... -"'~ . . .. .uiiii:"ed Stat~s Fqrgecraft Corp. : I urb.an Transportation Develop- ment Corp. I I

Ward School ~us .. I I :

_Wayne Corp. .. I I

Winnebago I '

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SUMMARY

CATEGORY ENTRIES

.-.. Large Transit Vehicles 0

"' i_ ... ·• Med.ium Transit Vehicles 9 Small Transit Vehicles 14

School Vehicles 10 . : : Other Vehicles· 23

... Lifts 25 ~· .... ~ ·.:: r ·Ramps ..i. -.7 . ,_ . Wheelchair Securement 23

·- Retractable Steps 2

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"TRANSIT NEED INDEX EXEEOING PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVlCE"

IDI~IItllll PRJMARY NEED- HIGH DEFICIENCY illmmmmJ SECONDARY NEED-MODERATE DEFICIENCY

SOURCE: CAll ANALYSIS OF 1969 SCRTD DATA

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.. HIGH PUBLIC TRANSIT DEPENDENCY"

E HIGHEST DEPENDENCY ~ MODERATE DEPENDENCY

Based on 7 Transit Dependency Variables Portion of 10 Clusters

SOURCE: CAB CLUSTER ANALYSIS

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"OVER 500 PEOPLE BETWEEN AGES 14-18"

SOURCE: 1970 CENSUS

Figure -16

"OVER 500 PEOPLE AGE 65+"

SOURCE: 1970 CfNSUS

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Figure 17

"% H.OUSEHOLDS WITH NO AUTO OWNERSHIP,

D o-19 °/o ~ ~ ~

50o/o + - SOURCE: 1970 CENSUS

Figure '18

"% FAMILIES BELOW - POVERTY LEVEL'

D lliillillillili ~ g

SOURCE: 1970 CENSUS ,.' •

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"AID TO THE DISABLED"

D o-49 AID TO THE DISABLED ~ 50- 99 II II II II II

~ I 00 - 149 II II II " II

II - I 50+ II II II SOURCE: COUNTY DEPARTMENT Of PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES GRANTS- NOV. 1973

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Figure 22

"%WORK TRIPS BY BUS" '1 J D

-~ 30o/o

- SOURCE: 1970 CENSUS

21, 1976 CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING Transportation Section

TO: Albert Landini FROM: David Kabashima VIA: Charles Montgomery DATE: March 30. 1976 SUBJECT: INCORPORATION OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HANDICAPPED IN THE 1980 Cl1~SUS QUESTIONNAIRE Recently. the City received a grant from the UMTA to conduct a number transit related studies. among them a study of transit dependent groupso Upon embarking upon the task of identifying and locating the most signifi­ cant transit dependent group. the handicappedl' we encountered a void information... There is no known wlid m.ethod of ,establishing the number location of the handicapped in the City by census tract- or even by city­ wide totalso The 1970 censu$ contained a 5% sample question regarding the handicapped however. it is entirely inadequate for our purposeso The question reads as -'L'IUI!-'L""'--" ..... this person have a health or physical condition which umttts kind or amount of work he can do at a job? (Yes No )

ba Does his health or physical condition keep him from nolldttllf! job at all? (Yes No )

Co "Yes" in a or b -- How long has he been limited :in ability work?

.. Less than 6 months • 3 to 4 years o 6 11 months • 5 to 9 years • 1 to 2 years o 10 years or more the foUowing difficulties. with these questions:

1 o The questions are job related and do not necessarily reflect the dicapped who transit difficultieso For example,. who are may answered question 28a as "no" o '·

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