Barriers to implementing flexible transport services: An international comparison of the experiences in Australia, Europe and USA

Mulley, Corinne; Nelson, John D.; Teal, R F; Wright, Steve; Daniels, Rhonda

doi:10.1016/j.rtbm.2012.04.001

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“…The main characteristics of FTS are improved accessibility and flexibility through door-to-door services and booking and routing facilities. Mulley, et al [60] suggest that FTS can address several negative issues associated with conventional public transport, namely: spatial (due to lack of services), physical (inaccessible vehicles), time (lack of services at required times and journey take long time), information (users do not have proper information about journeys), economic (high costs of services) and cultural (cultural and attitudinal issues about usage of public transport services).…”

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“…Moreover, the developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) have generated significant opportunities for improvements in FTS provision [107]. However, improvements in technologies have not been followed by adequate enhancements in business models and organizational frameworks by service providers [60,106]. Despite the potential of this transport option, evidence shows that the FTS concept is still not well received and services provided are generally small-scale, fragmented and informal [106].…”

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“…For conventional public transport, the amount of subsidy is usually linked to the distance travelled by the service, which is difficult to forecast for FTS due to their flexible nature. As a consequence, to meet requirements in order to receive subsidies as a form of public transport, FTS are often forced to modify service provision, such as having fixed stops or fixed timing points [60]. Economic issues are not the only ones affecting FTS service provision.…”

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Factors Preventing the Use of Alternative Transport Modes to the Car in Later Life

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Recent research related to transport gerontology argues that the autonomy, flexibility and independence provided by the car are fundamental in fulfilling travel needs in later life. Statistics show that in the western world the car is the most used mode of travel among the older population. Despite the importance of promoting transport policies to incentivize people to switch to more sustainable forms of transportation, alternatives to the car are still underused by older people. The aim of this scoping review is to analyze the transport barriers affecting the use of alternative modes to the car in later life. The paper investigates how issues related to personal security, health impairments, service provision, affordability, comfort, attitude, built environment, information and awareness of all transport modes influence modal choice. The analysis of the literature shows that despite the benefits provided by public transport, flexible transport services, taxis, walking and cycling, there are still several factors that negatively affect the use of these modes. The paper concludes by reflecting on potential solutions that might help to create a transport system less reliant on the car and which is able to meet the mobility needs of the older population.

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“…It is a strong alternative to the use of private cars and encourages public transport (Hatipoglu et al 2007). Mulley et al (2012) emphasized the necessity of encouraging the application of flexible public transport services and proposed a number of solutions to overcome the difficulties faced by these services in Australia, Europe and the U.S. Early regular applications of on-demand services were launched in the U.S. in the early 1970s.…”

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“…(Mageean, Nelson 2003), however it has to be emphasized that US (e.g. zone services) has significantly more experience with FTS than any other country or region of the world (Mulley et al 2012).…”

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New pricing theory of intelligent flexible transportation

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2015

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Abstract. In the paper, possible pricing structures of flexible transport systems have been investigated. After a brief introduction into demand responsive systems, the currently used pricing systems have been analysed. Having reviewed the conventional pricing methodologies -in line with the average cost and marginal cost based methods -the advantages and the disadvantages of particular systems are presented. What is more, that traditional pricing theory enabled to order costs of flexible transportation systems only approximately to passengers in proportion to their demanded transportation performance, thus traditional pricing framework is not able to fully meet the principle of fairness. For reaching the highest level of fairness loops a fictive unit of individual trips is introduced as the base of pricing. When applying individual loops is gives a unique approach to describe unit cost of the operators especially considering that empty runs are taken into account in a fair way. Beside fairness, it is also an essential objective to represent economies of scale and the preference of early bookings in the pricing methodology. Accordingly, the below presented 'mixed price system' had good results in the reduction of average fares related to new travellers and also in the improvement of attraction related to 'early birds' . Therefore, the goal of this research was to define the direction and the aspects of the development process related to the pricing methods of flexible transportation.

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Barriers to implementing flexible transport services: An international comparison of the experiences in Australia, Europe and USA

Cited by 66 publications

References 6 publications

Factors Preventing the Use of Alternative Transport Modes to the Car in Later Life

Factors Preventing the Use of Alternative Transport Modes to the Car in Later Life

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