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/ˌpeɪɹəˈtɹænzɪt/ · noun
(US) An auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand..
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.
So about twice a week, he calls a day in advance to arrange a trip[…] through Access-a-Ride, the city’s door-to-door paratransit service for the elderly and the disabled.
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.
Use paratransit when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Paratransit means (US) An auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand..
Common synonyms include community transport.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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