Need Help? Call 2-1-1 or Chat
Weekdays 8am-7pm, Weekends 8am-3:30pm

[ Browse by Service Category : Local Transportation : Sub-Topics of Local Automobile Transportation (12) ]

Carpooling Programs

Programs that make arrangements for people to travel together in private automobiles and/or vans during busy commuting hours or which provide a central telephone number for people to use to identify others who are commuting to and from the same general area with whom they might share. Vehicle options include vanpools and carpools. Vanpools may be publicly or employer operated or organized by an individual who owns or leases a van; the drivers are generally participating as commuters themselves, so are not paid.

[ View Programs and Services (10) | Related Topics ]

Taxi Services

Organizations that provide door-to-door automobile transportation for people who are willing to pay an established fare that is usually recorded by a meter. In some communities, the organization coordinating paratransit services contracts with taxi companies to provide transportation.

[ View Programs and Services (2) | Related Topics ]

The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.


In partnership with...