A MULTI-ORIGIN/DESTINATION TAXI SYSTEM. VOLUME 1, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR SINGLE-ORIGIN/DESTINATION TRIPS

The long range goal of this research project is to design, develop and implement an experimental demand responsive multi-origin/destination taxi system. The overall research program consists of information acquisition, studies of deployment and allocation of equipment, development of pricing mechanisms and operating procedures. The work is divided into three stages: (1) Preliminary design for single-origin/destination trips; (2) prototype design for shared rides; and (3) experiments and evaluation of technology, pricing mechanisms and operating procedures. Although development of the experimental system initially involves only standard taxi services, the resulting hardware and software packages are applicable to other types of paratransit systems. Hence, the entire project is referred to as the Ride-Shared Vehicle Paratransit System or RSVP System. This report contains the results of the first stage of RSVP System development.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-255975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Schenley Park, Book Store
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213

  Department of Transportation

  Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Au, T
  • Baumann, DMB
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand responsive transportation; Level of service; Mobility; Origin and destination; Paratransit services; Passenger transportation; Passenger vehicles; Prices; Taxicabs; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experimental design; Services
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143034
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/TST-76/84-ES Tech. Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-40081
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 6 1981 12:00AM