Flexible transport services: A new market opportunity for public transport
The term Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT) has been increasingly applied in the last 10 years to a niche market that replaces or feeds (usually via small low floor buses or taxis) conventional transport where demand is low and often spread over a large area. More recently, the concept of DRT as a niche market has been broadened to include a wider range of flexible, demand-responsive transport services and is increasingly referred to as Flexible Transport Services (FTSs). The contention of this paper is that well-implemented FTS has the potential to revitalise bus-based public transport services which are traditionally based on fixed networks with variable geographical coverage and levels of service.
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2009
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Authors: | Mulley, Corinne ; Nelson, John D. |
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Research in Transportation Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0739-8859. - Vol. 25.2009, 1, p. 39-45
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Public transport policy Rural accessibility Flexible transport services Demand responsive services |
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