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DRT Accessibility Tool: Summary Report
| 题名： | DRT Accessibility Tool: Summary Report |
| 作者： | MaMondia, J.; Ferdous, N.; Bhat, C. R. |
| 关键词： | Paratransit systems##Disabled persons##Accessibility##Texas##Implementation##Motivation##Implementation workshops##Tool descritions##Applications##Formulations##Access##Benchmarking##Accessibility tools##Dial a ride##Demand Response Transit (DRT)##Demand responsive transportation systems## |
| 摘要： | Demand Response Transit (DRT) is a critical form of transportation for handicapped, low income, and small/ medium sized communities. This type of service, which transports riders through an on-demand basis, is commonly used in communities that are not dense enough to support a fixed route transit system. Unfortunately, DRT systems face many challenges that restrict how well they can serve their community, including limited funding, understaffing, aging fleets, a lack of technical support, a lack of quantification of level of service standards, and limited modeling/planning practices. This report discusses the implementation of a unique DRT Accessibility Tool developed for the Texas Department of Transportation that addresses these challenges by determining how well a DRT system serves its riders and the most efficient ways to improve this service. The DRT Accessibility Tool, which is developed in Microsoft Access based on DRT travel logs, service characteristics and surveys from Brownsville, Texas, uses a system of models to simulate actual daily DRT travel patterns. Ultimately, DRT operators can use the Accessibility Tool in two robust ways. First, they can evaluate their current accessibility levels for various combinations of population groups, times of day, and travel purposes. Second, the Accessibility Tool allows operators to undertake what if scenarios to evaluate changes in fleet characteristics (supply), population demographics (demand), and service areas (scope). Similarly, operators can predict (and anticipate) future needs of their riders by using the tool to analyze the impact of changes in population demographics. These results have the potential to inform important public transportation planning, budgetary, and policy decisions. This report summarizes the development and application of the DRT Accessibility Tool, including the motivation for creating the tool, the implementation workshops conducted throughout the research, the data and models that formulate the tool, a description of the user interface, and the ways the tool can be applied to evaluate and improve DRT service. |
| 总页数： | 22 |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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