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Factors influencing productivity and operating cost of demand responsive transit [PDF]

open access: yesTransportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice, 2008
Since the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1991 operating expenses for demand responsive transit have more than doubled as demand for this mandated service has expanded. Many advanced technologies and management practices have been proposed and implemented to improve the efficiency of the service; but, evidence for the effectiveness ...
Maged Dessouky
exaly   +5 more sources

Evaluating Automated Demand Responsive Transit Using Microsimulation [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
Recent advancements in automated vehicle technology and the concurrent emergence of ride-hailing services have focused increasing attention on Automated Mobility-on-Demand (AMOD; a system of shared driverless taxis) as a potential solution for ...
Simon Oh   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Evaluating demand responsive transit services using a density-based trip rate metric

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2021
Demand responsive transit (DRT) is attracting increased attention as a means to provide public transit to low-density populations. This research aims to provide a suite of evaluation metrics with low data requirement and widespread availability, so that ...
Benjamin Kaufman   +2 more
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Strategic Planning and Prospects of Rail-Bound Demand Responsive Transit [PDF]

open access: yesTransportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2018
Fully automated services allow for greater flexibility in operations and lower marginal operational costs. In this study we examined the strategic planning implications of a novel service concept – an automated rail demand responsive transit (DRT) system that offers a direct non-stop service.
Cats, Oded, Haverkamp, Jesper
openaire   +5 more sources

Service Quality Assessment of App-Based Demand-Responsive Public Transit Services in Lahore, Pakistan

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
App-based demand-responsive transit (DRT) services are emerging where conventional public transport is unable to meet the demand. SWVL (choice A) and Airlift (choice B) are two such DRT bus services operating in Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Abdullah   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Personalized Demand-Responsive Transit Service [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Providing easy access to the public transit service is the goal of the California transit agencies. Many travelers cannot take an express transit because they often cannot park and ride. Smart DRT (demand responsive transit) Feeder is a system that collects transit riders from neighborhoods and takes them to transit stations. This system will use APTS (
Cayford, Randall, Yim, Y. B. Youngbin
openaire   +3 more sources

Personalized Demand Responsive Transit Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
An aging population in the US, low-density urban sprawl and the accessibility needs of certain groups (particularly disabled and aged) increasingly point to more flexible demand-responsive transit systems in the future. This paper describes the important aspects of a consumer-oriented Personalized Demand Responsive Transit (PDRT) service.
Yim, Y. B., Khattak, Asad J.
openaire   +3 more sources

Design of a Demand-Responsive Transit System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This research investigates the feasibility of offering demand-responsive transit (DRT) service to the general public in situations of low demand density. The study region is AC Transit District 2 which consists of the cities of Fremont and Newark, California.We developed a methodology to evaluate operating efficiencies of existing bus lines and line ...
Li, Yuwei   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Semi-flexible demand responsive transit scheduling based on ALNS-TS algorithm

open access: yesShenzhen Daxue xuebao. Ligong ban, 2023
The semi-flexible demand responsive transit is an innovative combination of traditional fixed-route transit and demand responsive transit. It is considered as semi-flexible because it has a predetermined base route and a batch of fixed stations that are ...
JIN Wenzhou, DU Hao, WU Weitiao
doaj   +1 more source

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