A CATEGORY ANALYSIS APPROACH TO ESTIMATING THE INFLUENCE OF DIAL-A-RIDE ON THE COMMUNITY OF OLD HARLOW

A dial-a-ride service started operations in Old Harlow in August 1974. This report analyses the findings of household-based travel surveys which were carried out before the service started and once it had "settled down". Much of the paper is concerned with setting up a valid methodological framework within which to effect this comparison of the data bases. The major conclusion is that the new mode has had little effect on the travel patterns of people living in the service area, but that one group - the elderly - does seem to be relying to a considerable extent on its novel features of doorstep pick-up and set-down. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Cranfield Institute of Technology, England

  Center for Transport Studies
  Cranfield, Bedfordshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • Ochojna, A D
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 72 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Before and after studies; Data collection; Households; Paratransit services; Public transit; Questionnaires; Ridership; Surveys; Travel patterns; Urban areas; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9148: Before and after study; 1157: Community transport; 1157: Dial a ride; 9147: Interview; 1746: Old people; 744: Public transport; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322094
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: CTS Report 10 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM