COMPARISON OF PRIVATELY AND PUBLICLY OWNED DEMAND-RESPONSIVE SYSTEMS

Urban transportation planners usually agree that urban systems can be put into 3 categories. One of these, multiple or shared-ride, demand-responsive systems, has received comparatively little investigation and consideration as a workable form of urban public transportation. This paper deals with this form of urban transit. Six publicly owned shared-ride systems are compared with 2 privately owned systems. Similar variables are observed, and conclusions are drawn from the observations. The information indicates that the private systems are servicing a large area with a smaller seating capacity. Both are attracting the same market segments, but the private systems are obtaining a higher average fare. This, coupled with the lower costs of the private operation, enables the private systems to operate at a profit while the majority of public systems operate at a deficit.

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• Authors:
  • DAVIS, FRANK W
  • Heathington, Kenneth W
  • Alford, Roger
  • Symons, Richard
  • Middendorf, David
• Conference:
  • 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia
  • Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 11-20
• Monograph Title: Transit Planning
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 559
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand responsive transportation; Fares; Nationalization; Operating costs; Ownership; Private enterprise; Public transit; Urban transportation; Vehicle capacity
• Old TRIS Terms: Seating capacity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134677
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309024676
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM