ESTABLISHING CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR DEMAND-RESPONSIVE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

As interest in demand-responsive transportation systems has grown, increased attention has focused on making use of the experience and resources of the private sector in providing these services. Recent experiences have shown that establishing satisfactory relationships between public agencies that want to foster these services and private operations may be difficult because of the different constraints and objectives that characterize the public and private sectors. An important part of such relationships is the contract that binds the two parties. The authors review recent contracting experiences; identify the goals, objectives, and constraints that characterize each sector; and suggest a contract framework that seeks to reconcile potentially conflicting objectives of the two sectors. /Author/

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  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Urban Transport Service Innovations (Paratransit) and Task Force for Conference on Demand-Responsive Transportation Systems and Other Paratransit Services. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Alschuler, David M
  • Flusberg, Martin
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 107-112
• 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: Constraints; Contracts; Demand responsive transportation; Government agencies; Knowledge; Laws; Natural resources; Private enterprise; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Agencies; Experience
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156122
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025834
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 4 1981 12:00AM