TY - JOUR
T1 - Workshop 4 report
T2 - realising the potential benefits of demand-responsive travel
AU - Currie, Graham
AU - Wong, Timothy
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - This paper synthesises evidence from Workshop 4 ‘Realising the Potential Benefits of Demand-Responsive Travel’ of the 16th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport. The paper outlines key findings from 10 research papers presented at the workshop, which was structured into three broad topics, namely, A. DRT Development Challenges B. DRT User Perspectives, C. DRT Design and Planning Experience. Based on the three-day collaborative workshop, this paper synthesises the outcomes of discussions around these topics. The workshop established that DRT services are in their nature, an intermediary to fixed route services and fully flexible point-to-point transport by private cars. Thus, DRT has the potential to complement existing public transport services. There remain obstacles to mainstreaming DRT services, in particular high costs of operation, and high costs of adoption by users and apprehension among users about whether the DRT experience fits their needs. Policymakers, operators and researchers should concentrate efforts on overcoming these concerns.
AB - This paper synthesises evidence from Workshop 4 ‘Realising the Potential Benefits of Demand-Responsive Travel’ of the 16th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport. The paper outlines key findings from 10 research papers presented at the workshop, which was structured into three broad topics, namely, A. DRT Development Challenges B. DRT User Perspectives, C. DRT Design and Planning Experience. Based on the three-day collaborative workshop, this paper synthesises the outcomes of discussions around these topics. The workshop established that DRT services are in their nature, an intermediary to fixed route services and fully flexible point-to-point transport by private cars. Thus, DRT has the potential to complement existing public transport services. There remain obstacles to mainstreaming DRT services, in particular high costs of operation, and high costs of adoption by users and apprehension among users about whether the DRT experience fits their needs. Policymakers, operators and researchers should concentrate efforts on overcoming these concerns.
KW - Competition
KW - Conference
KW - Demand responsive
KW - Land passenger transport
KW - Ownership
KW - Public transit
KW - Thredbo
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089473392&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100912
DO - 10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100912
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089473392
SN - 0739-8859
VL - 83
JO - Research in Transportation Economics
JF - Research in Transportation Economics
M1 - 100912
ER -