Featured Centennial Paper - Paratransit Committee—A Forum for Mobility Innovation Since 1974

Paratransit services emerged as a distinct transportation mode in the late 1960s and 1970s. These services were implemented in a variety of communities, providing flexibly scheduled service to the general public. TRB recognized this new service with formation of a committee in 1974 to address the new mode—designated then as the “Urban Transport Service Innovations Committee.” Renaming came five years later in 1979: the Paratransit Committee. Learn more about the history and accomplishments of the Paratransit Committee, which addresses a new landscape of innovative mobility services, in the Committee's Centennial Paper.

As part of TRB's Centennial Celebration, the Technical Activities Council invited all standing technical committees to submit a Centennial Paper. The Centennial Papers are designed to showcase committees’ past accomplishments and contributions to transportation, demonstrate the committee’s current relevancy and activities, and consider the committee’s role in meeting future challenges and opportunities.

Read this and other committee's Centennial Papers available on TRB's Centennial Website.