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Title: COSTS AND PRODUCTIVITIES OF INNOVATIVE URBAN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Accession Number: 00193701
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The aspects of supply and demand that determine the costs and productivities of paratransit services are described, the variations in performance of the services are explained, and ways of improving them are suggested. Publicly owned dial-a-ride services are observed to be very expensive operations and, although the potential for cost reduction exists, these trip costs will probably remain high. The current practices of ubiquitous dial-a-ride services and extremely low fares are questioned. It is also suggested that increased participation in paratransit operations by the private sector--the taxi industry--promises significant improvements in the cost performance. /Author/
Supplemental Notes: Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. This paper appeared in TRB Special Report 184, Urban Transport Service Innovations.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00193691
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Bhatt, KiranPagination: pp 63-71
Publication Date: 1979
Conference:
Conference on Urban Transport Service Innovations
Location:
San Diego California, United States ISBN: 0309028175
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References
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Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Public Transportation; Society
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: May 26 1981 12:00AM
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