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THINGS TO BE LEARNED FROM R-A-NDOLPH COUNTY <br /> Several factors allowed for the developing of a human services <br /> transportation system using a bus/taxi operation as a base: <br /> 1. A conducive climate for such a merging of "forces" among <br /> the agencies and bus company. In this case it was a <br /> combination of agency need to extricate themselves from <br /> transportation dilemmas and forward thinking on the part <br /> of a private provider. <br /> 2. For full development of service, the coach company needs <br /> certain data from agencies, including: nature of service <br /> (DR, fixed route, subscription) , dates and time frames <br /> involved, number of clients being served, miles/run/ <br /> destination points, equipment availability, etc. <br /> 3. Combining the wide array of equipment available in the <br /> pool offers a wide degree of flexibility in providing <br /> service at the lowest possible costs, and placing an <br /> accent on fixed route service can have a significant <br /> impact in overall system costs. <br /> 4. maintenance costs will be lowered and economies of scale <br /> can be achieved by using the central bus/taxi garage <br /> facilities they have available. <br /> 5. The relatively small scale of operation in the County <br /> definitely facilitates coordination. <br /> 6 Fixed route service is preferable to demand response, <br /> both from the point of view system costs and time expanded. <br /> 7. Careful consideration needs to be given when considering <br /> the leasing of vehicles or turning over titles in a cen- <br /> tralized system. <br /> S. There is a place for taxis in Providing demand response <br /> service, rather than larger vehicles. <br /> 9. Determining fees for service need to be flexible when <br /> utilizing private providers. <br /> 10. Limitations exist dealing with Asheboro Coach because of <br /> its nature as a private, for profit entity, that would not <br /> be the same for government related transit service. <br /> I <br /> 11. Though not fully definable, there seems to be a great deal' <br /> of value in having an experienced, professional staff <br /> and organization to deal with human services transporta- <br /> tion, and not just in terms of the "on-the-Toad" end of <br /> service delivery. <br />