DEMAND-RESPONSIVE TRANSPORTATION IN ANN ARBOR: OPERATION

Ann Arbor, Michigan, has had a dial-a-ride service operating since 1971. Since passage of a special property tax for transit in 1973, dial-a-ride has expanded its role and ridership. It is now totally integrated with line-haul bus service within the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's operation. Weekday service provides for coordinated transfers between dial-a-ride collector-distributor vehicles and line-haul buses at several points within the system. Dial-a-ride has helped the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority secure a dramatic increase in ridership over the past two years. The transit system is operating within budget. Staged incremental implementation has allowed the introduction of dial-a-ride with a relatively high degree of reliability and minimal disruption. A great deal of operational fine tuning has been done within each small implementation. Satisfactory results are being obtained with dial-a-ride vans and with a semiautomated computer-assisted dispatching system. Cost and productivity data are provided. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Guenther, Karl W
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 20-25
• Monograph Title: Demand-responsive transportation systems and other paratransit services
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 608
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Demand responsive transportation; Dispatching; Implementation; Information processing; Line haul; Paratransit services; Ridership; Travel; Vanpools
• Geographic Terms: Ann Arbor (Michigan)
• Old TRIS Terms: Line haul transport
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156104
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025834
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 4 1981 12:00AM