Table 12. Percent of Disabled and Nondisabled that Have Difficulty Getting the
Transportation Needed by Type of Difficulty
| Difficulty with getting needed transportation | Disability status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disabled | Nondisabled | |||
| Percent | Standard Error | Percent | Standard Error | |
| Don't have a car | 26.13 | 3.66 | 23.19 | 5.56 |
| No or limited public transportation | 33.50 | 4.12 | 46.62 | 6.51 |
| No or limited taxi service | 5.11 | 1.52 | 5.59 | 2.60 |
| Buses don't run on time | 12.88 | 3.11 | 13.02 | 3.86 |
| Buses don't run when needed | 8.17 | 1.72 | 16.86 | 6.17 |
| Bus stops are too far away | 7.64 | 1.78 | 10.36 | 3.38 |
| Transportation doesn't accommodate special equipment |
3.94 | 1.09 | 0.00 | |
| Disability makes transportation hard to use | 16.85 | 2.31 | 0.38 | 0.38 |
| Costs too much | 7.35 | 1.82 | 3.49 | 1.74 |
| Don't want to ask for help/inconvenience others | 10.49 | 2.76 | 6.47 | 3.40 |
| There's no one I can depend on | 11.67 | 2.35 | 1.99 | 1.43 |
| Fear of crime stops me from going places | 0.93 | 0.65 | 4.73 | 4.01 |
| Other | 25.77 | 3.42 | 23.33 | 6.24 |
NOTE: This table contains the weighted percent or weighted mean and the standard error. Cells with a small sample size (
SOURCE:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, 2002 National Transportation
Availability and Use Survey
Updated: Saturday, May 20, 2017