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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Paratransit"”.
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Innovative strategies for managing the increasing costs of paratransit operations under the Americans with Disabilities Act
… were required to provide door-to-door service (paratransit) for those unable to use fixed route services. The disabled community viewed this as a basic entitlement. Public transit saw this as another responsibility. A decade later, transit agencies are struggling to provide the service to a …
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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990(ADA)Paratransit Cost Issues and Solutions for the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) and Beyond
… (ADA) stipulates the provision of complementary paratransit to people unable to use regular public transportation. With the emergence of a wide range of public transportation services, problems have occurred for public transit agencies, especially the rising costs of providing services for …
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Evaluation of when road space prioritisation/infrastructural improvements for paratransit vehicles is warranted: A case study of Mitchells Plain, Cape Town
… route transportation system referred to as ‘Paratransit’ to move from one point to another. South Africa being a partly developed and partly developing country also have this particular problem in terms of its public transport system. Some 65% of public transport users make use of paratransit …
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Exploring new territory: an initial investigation into the potential of a formal industry capacity building programme to shift values among Cape Town paratransit operators
… this shortfall this study was conducted in the paratransit industry, which is the largest contributor to the informal economy in South Africa. It is based on the argument that by applying discipline specific knowledge, Organisational Psychology may have the potential to assist in transforming …
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Towards evening paratransit services to complement scheduled public transport in Cape Town: exploring alternative policy interventions from the minibus-taxi industry's perspective
… but the presence of large numbers of independent paratransit operators complicate reforms. City officials often seek to eliminate paratransit services in favor of scheduled services, typically bus rapid transit, yet this has proven impossible to achieve. Cape Town is one such city, whose planning …
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Paratransit operators' participation in public transport reform in Cape Town: a qualitative investigation of their business aspirations and attitudes to reform
… services as well as specific problems with paratransit, the dominant service provider. One programme aims to incorporate paratransit in new bus-based networks in cities; the other is a national paratransit fleet renewal scheme. Cape Town is arguably most advanced with the former, and the …
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Evolving Technologies Shaping Public Transit
… is needed on how these systems impact demand for paratransit and on-demand mobility services. This research addresses this topic by studying the impact of technology on demand-responsive transportation and urban mobility. Over the past two decades, this sector has been transformed by cloud …
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Realising the density dividend? Changes in urban lifestyle and culture as compact developments emerge on Cape s public transport corridors
… areas of the city served by public transport and paratransit services. The research aims to explore the lifestyle changes that these new denser developments, viewed as a form of nascent transit-oriented development (TOD), have ushered in and their potential to contribute to the creation of …
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‘Sho't left': understanding the factors influencing public transportation mode choice with a focus on minibus taxis and MyCiTi in Dunoon, Cape Town
… the gathered data. Two theoretical frameworks, paratransit, and bus rapid transit guided the study's investigation. The study's findings indicate that affordability, accessibility, time, safety, and ease of use are all significant considerations for passengers. Minibus taxis emerged as the most …
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Suburb-to-suburb commuting and transit planning : a case study of Surrey, B.C.
… key market which could possibly be served by a paratransit shuttle service. In Surrey, efforts have begun to address the issue of suburb-to-suburb transit in a comprehensive manner, but there has been little substantive progress to date. The case study results were used to develop a conceptual …
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From data to decisions in urban transit and logistics
… design and operation of fixed-route systems and paratransit. The first chapter is concerned with origin-destination demand estimation for public transit. Our aim is to estimate demand using aggregated station entrance and exit counts, which can be modeled as the problem of recovering a matrix …
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Paying for transit operations : challenges and solutions for the Chicago Transit Authority
… resources should be used to address growing paratransit needs.
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Development of context-sensitive accessibility indicators: a GIS-based modelling approach for Cape Town
… than that achievable by public transport. The paratransit mode provides the most extensive access coverage, and the highest level of accessibility among all the public transport modes investigated. However, this mode shows to be one of the most expensive options of travel, especially for …
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The integration of informal minibus-taxi transport services into formal public transport planning and operations - A data driven approach
… In recent years, research focussed on mapping paratransit services, including MBTs, in cities of the developing world has contributed significantly to the understanding of the mode in terms of its spatial extent in its respective service areas. In South Africa, experience has shown that the …
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A Methodology for Verification of Structural Standards for a Seating System by Finite Element Analysis
… of commercialization and implementation in paratransit vehicles with future development into large buses and trains.</p> <p>Seating systems used in public transportation are required to meet strict geometric and structural standards by the federal government under FMVSS 207, 208, 209 and 210 …
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From street corner to smartphone: assessing the prospects of socio-technical transitions in Cape Town's transport sector
… established systems, such as the minibus taxi paratransit service. Furthermore, these approaches suggest a perpetuation of modernist tendencies towards techno-determinism. This research focused on the transport travails of one location in Cape Town in order to better understand how new …
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Institutional barriers to an intermodal integrated public transport system in the City of Cape Town
… is the unique difficulties of integrating the paratransit (minibus taxi) sector as it is fragmented, operates at an enormous scale, experiences resistance to integration and is characterised by instability as a result of violence. Political tensions between opposing political parties at …
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Public relations, preparedness, and the transportation disadvantaged in a post-disaster environment
… with mobility impairments who rely on paratransit. I assessed the effectiveness of the campaign in two ways. First, drawing from the ideas in the Protective Action Decision Model, I interviewed the transportation disadvantaged in New Orleans to determine whether they were receiving the …
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When will the lokshin MyCiTi bus arrive for first thursdays in the city? Exploring township-dwelling people s perspectives on mobility for discretionary activity participation after peak-time hours in Cape Town
… immobility for discretionary trip-making – among paratransit-dependent township-dwellers in Cape Town. In this thesis, theory is recontextualised by combining already well-established concepts and ideas with the outcomes from data gathered from this township setting. This is valuable in providing …
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