Resource Requirements for Demand-responsive Transportation Services

Resource Requirements for Demand-responsive Transportation Services
Author: Joseph L. Schofer
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2003
Genre: Local transit
ISBN: 0309087783

Documents a methodology for determining the resources required (i.e. vehicles and vehicle service hours) to provide demand-responsive transportation (DRT) for different levels of demand and different levels of service in a given service area. This report is accompanied by a software tool on CD-ROM (CRP-CD-40) that can provide a preliminary estimate of the number of vehicles required for a new or modified DRT service. An instruction manual for software use is also included on the referenced CD-ROM.

Guidebook for Rural Demand-response Transportation

Guidebook for Rural Demand-response Transportation
Author: Elizabeth H. Ellis
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2009
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309118077

TCRP Report 136: Guidebook for Rural Demand-Response Transportation: Measuring, Assessing, and Improving Performance will be of interest to rural public transportation systems that provide demand-response transit (DRT) services and to the communities they serve. The Guidebook is a resource to assist DRT systems to measure, assess, and improve their performance, focusing on DRT systems in rural areas.

Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual

Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual
Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 0309087767

Accompanying CD-ROM contains full text of the manual, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and a library of related documents.

Computer-aided Scheduling and Dispatch in Demand-responsive Transit Services

Computer-aided Scheduling and Dispatch in Demand-responsive Transit Services
Author: David S. Kessler
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2004
Genre: Paratransit services
ISBN: 030907021X

The scope of this synthesis is to (1) search out useful information on the use of computer-aided scheduling and dispatch (CASD) in demand-responsive transit (DRT) services, (2) develop an amalgamation or compendium of the current knowledge and successful practices used in computerizing the functions necessary to efficiently and effectively operate such DRT services, and (3) report on measures used to resolve specific problems in planning and implementing CASD. The ultimate objective in compiling a considerable storehouse of information is to make this information available to the public transit community. Private and nonprofit organizations that are providing DRT services will similarly benefit from a review of these results.