ABSTRACT
The idea that people with mobility handicaps have a travel choice is a problematic issue. With the expansion of cities in this century and the growth of automobile-based mobility, planners and politicians sought solutions to accommodating this growth by further expansion in transport networks. The most spectacular manifestation of this has been the massive increase in road networks, both within and between urban areas, combined with land use or zoning policies to direct growth to areas served by good transport facilities. In order to test whether the MNL model is applicable to those with mobility handicaps a survey of passengers who use a dial-a-ride service was conducted. The DaR service chosen was the one operated by Nottingham Community Transport, an established paratransit agency which has managed the DaR service since 1981. Decision-makers and planners tend to ascribe travel needs to these groups and concentrate on supply side issues.
