Transit Agency Practices in Interacting with People Who Are Homeless: A Synthesis of Transit Practice
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2016
Subject Area
place - north america, literature review - literature review, planning - surveys, planning - personal safety/crime, policy - social exclusion
Keywords
public transit, homelessness, law enforcement, social service agencies
Abstract
TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 121: Transit Agency Practices in Interacting with People Who Are Homeless reports on effective practices, approaches, and outcomes regarding interactions within the transit industry with people who are homeless. A literature review summarizes policies and practices used in both the transit and library communities. Because public libraries are similar to public transportation in offering services to all members of the general public and in being viewed as a safe haven for people who are homeless, the literature review includes an examination of library policies and procedures related to people who are homeless.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Transportation Research Board, Washington, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Boyle, D.K. (2016). Transit Agency Practices in Interacting with People Who Are Homeless: A Synthesis of Transit Practice. Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 121, pp. 1-100. Published by Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC.
