Paratransit demand of disabled people

Bearse, Peter; Gurmu, Shiferaw; Rapaport, Carol; Stern, Steven

doi:10.1016/j.trb.2003.10.004

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“…This seems to suggest that women are more likely to use DRT (as supported by the literature e.g. Bearse et al 2004;Mageean and Nelson 2003;Nelson and Phonphitakchai 2012;Rosenbloom and Fielding 1998), although this effect was not observed from the area-wide level model as shown above. Likewise, the proportion of people aged over 65 was insignificant in the area model, yet numerous individual level studies provide a contrary message (e.g.…”

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Multilevel modelling of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) trips in Greater Manchester based on area-wide socio-economic data

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Providing public transport in areas of low demand has long proved to be a challenge to policy makers and practitioners. With the developing economic, social and environmental trends, there is pressure for alternative solutions to the policy of subsidising conventional bus services. One potential solution is to adopt more flexible routes and/or timetables to better match the required demand. Therefore such 'on demand' or 'Demand Responsive Transport' (DRT) services (known as paratransit in the US) have been adopted in a number of locations. This paper seeks to explore the effects of area-wide factors on the demand of DRT by reporting the results of a statistical analysis of DRT service provision in the metropolitan region of Greater Manchester, the public transport authority of which offers one of the largest and most diverse range of DRT schemes in the UK. Specifically, this paper employs a multilevel modelling approach to investigate the impact of both DRT supply-oriented factors at the service area level and socio-economic factors at the lower super output area (LSOA) level on the average number of trips made by DRT per year. This hierarchical or 'nested' structure was adopted because typically the LSOAs within the same Service Area may share similar characteristics. It is found that the demand for DRT services was higher in areas with low car ownership, low population density, high proportion of white people, and high levels of social deprivation, measured in terms of income, employment, education, housing and services, health and disability, and living environment.

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“…They found that increases in age and some disabling conditions reduced trips but having a sight problem increased trips. Finally, by using a time-series model, Bearse et al (2004) found that women took about 30 % more trips per month than men and that nursing home residents took fewer trips than community residents.…”

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Multilevel modelling of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) trips in Greater Manchester based on area-wide socio-economic data

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“…As the number of elderly people with impairment and disability rises, the demand for paratransit services is expected to increase in the future. Bearse et al (2004) studied the demand for paratransit services and concluded that growth came from new passengers. But they contend that the increasing share of paratransit service (i.e.…”

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Transport policy and the provision of mobility options in an aging society: a case study of Ontario, Canada

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2010

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…Rosenbloom (2007) reported that most paratransit trips were taken by just a few riders, with many eligible riders-even those having been certified-never using paratransit. In one study of ridership in the JAUNT paratransit system in central Virginia, 47% of the trips were taken by just 7% of riders (Bearse et al 2004). …”

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Decades of research have contributed to the development of standards and models to guide pedestrian-friendly transit station designs, although it is not at all clear from the literature how these tools are collectively used in practice. To address this, we interviewed 15 experts in transit station design. Based on the themes identified in these interviews, we conducted an online census of all 16 transit agencies in North America with rapid rail transit systems with below-grade stations. We found that although standards and codes are most likely to guide design decisions, the three types of tools (published standards, deterministic models, and microsimulation models) are as likely to complement as substitute for one another. We recommend that such analytical models of passenger flow should consider explicitly how practitioners employ them in practice to better link future refinements to the more "pedestrian" world of engineering and design practice.

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Paratransit demand of disabled people

Cited by 35 publications

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Multilevel modelling of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) trips in Greater Manchester based on area-wide socio-economic data

Multilevel modelling of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) trips in Greater Manchester based on area-wide socio-economic data

Transport policy and the provision of mobility options in an aging society: a case study of Ontario, Canada

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