Optimizing ADA Paratransit Operations with Taxi and Ride Share Programs
| 项目名称： | Optimizing ADA Paratransit Operations with Taxi and Ride Share Programs |
| 摘要： | Rising ridership on Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit services, such as MBTA�s The Ride, pose a challenge due to the high costs of operating this required service. The objective of this project is to optimize programs to serve some paratransit trips by taxi or other mobility service in order to minimize system cost. The benefits to MBTA will be to lower the cost of providing service in order to be better positioned for expected continued increases in ridership. The challenge of managing a system of demand-responsive transportation services for people with disabilities is that the operation of the system depends on the demand-side considerations related to traveler behavior and supply-side considerations related to the system structure and costs. Starting with limited participation in September 2016 and expanded to all eligible ADA paratransit service �The Ride� customers on March 1, 2017, a pilot program now allows eligible customers to use taxicabs, Uber, or Lyft for a subsidized trip in addition to conventional ADA paratransit service from The Ride. This research project will seek to evaluate the effects on demand, supply and optimal service provision of this new service. The goal is to provide insights about how the operation and use of the system is changing under the pilot program and then to provide guidance about how to manage a multimodal ADA program that provides users with a greater range of choices than they have had in the past. Although the scope is tied closely to analysis of the MBTA system, the insights are likely to have implications for the ADA paratransit systems elsewhere in Massachusetts. |
| 状态： | Completed |
| 资金： | $100000 |
| 资助组织： | Federal Highway Administration |
| 管理组织： | Massachusetts Department of Transportation |
| 项目负责人： | Zavolas, Nicholas |
| 执行机构： | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 主要研究人员： | Gonzales, Eric J |
| 开始时间： | 20180101 |
| 预计完成日期： | 20190530 |
| 实际结束时间： | 0 |
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