---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 37.191"
title: "49"
number: "37.191"
heading: "Special provision for small mixed-service operators."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/37.191"
---

# §37.191. Special provision for small mixed-service operators.

- (a) For purposes of this section, a small mixed-service operator is a small operator that provides both fixed-route and demand-responsive service and does not use more than 25 percent of its buses for fixed-route service.
- (b) An operator meeting the criteria of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may conduct all its trips, including fixed-route trips, on an advance-reservation basis as provided for demand-responsive trips in [§ 37.189](/cfr/49/37.189.md). Such an operator is not required to comply with the accessible bus acquisition/equivalent service obligations of [§ 37.183(b)](/cfr/49/37.183.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 63 FR 51690, Sept. 28, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12101-12213; 49 U.S.C. 322.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 45621, Sept. 6, 1991, unless otherwise noted.