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Current options and limitations implementing demand responsive public transport in rural counties
Current options and limitations implementing demand responsive public transport in rural counties
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ICTS 2020 Maritime, transport and logistics science
(2020)
(2020)
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Ländlicher Raum, Carsharing
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Heinitz, Florian M. and Marco Schäfer, 2020. Current options and limitations implementing demand responsive public transport in rural counties. In: ICTS 2020 Maritime, transport and logistics science [online]. Verfügbar unter: https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/4036
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In the light of imperative efficiency enhancements to achieve climate protection goals and curb operating losses, this contribution reflects the potential but still not materialized transformation of public transport provision in rural Germany towards flexible integrated transport systems, combining a fixed-route trunk network with public demand-responsive transport (DRT) services. Based on a systematization of present public DRT systems and respective collaborative choice options, centering around public ridesharing services and/or hailed micro-transit, this analysis examines promoting factors and impediments by discussing recent domestic and comparative overseas case studies. From selected findings of this retrospection, the authors seek to conclude on common local settings, a minimum addressable trip pooling demand, and corresponding external conditions such as legal frameworks that incentivize or prevent a public authority from exploring the emerging technological opportunities by incremental DRT in Germany. The authors' approach is set (i) to assure ubiquitous minimum levels of service and (ii) to create the necessary financial and legal freedom for municipal decisionmakers to test flexible forms of operation with everyday viability. Source: ICTS 2020 Maritime, transport and logistics science : conference proceedings / 19th International Conference on Transport Science. - Portoroz, 2020. - 1 Onlineresource (406 pages) : Illustrationen. - Online-Ausgabe; Dateigröße / Dateiumfang: 15,32 MB. - ISBN 978-961-7041-08-8, page 112