Flexible transport services: A new market opportunity for public transport

Mulley, Corinne; Nelson, John D.

doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2009.08.008

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“…To satisfy the demand for flexible payment process related to DRT systems as it was drawn up by Mulley and Nelson (2009) a more flexible pricing systems should be introduced. This consideration makes it necessary to examine the currently used pricing methods, and especially the applicability of the examined method.…”

Section: Pricing Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is also worth mentioning that the fare structure of the 'UCall' service was the same as local bus services and reflected the straight line of travelled distance. There was an additional fare, 50 pence, for the door-to-door service (Mulley, Nelson 2009). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…The flexibility of each element can vary along a continuum of demand responsiveness from services where all variables of a fixed considerable time before operation (e.g. a conventional public transport bus route) to services whose constituent variables are determined close to the time of operation (Mulley, Nelson 2009). …”

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confidence: 99%

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New pricing theory of intelligent flexible transportation

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2015

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Abstract. In the paper, possible pricing structures of flexible transport systems have been investigated. After a brief introduction into demand responsive systems, the currently used pricing systems have been analysed. Having reviewed the conventional pricing methodologies -in line with the average cost and marginal cost based methods -the advantages and the disadvantages of particular systems are presented. What is more, that traditional pricing theory enabled to order costs of flexible transportation systems only approximately to passengers in proportion to their demanded transportation performance, thus traditional pricing framework is not able to fully meet the principle of fairness. For reaching the highest level of fairness loops a fictive unit of individual trips is introduced as the base of pricing. When applying individual loops is gives a unique approach to describe unit cost of the operators especially considering that empty runs are taken into account in a fair way. Beside fairness, it is also an essential objective to represent economies of scale and the preference of early bookings in the pricing methodology. Accordingly, the below presented 'mixed price system' had good results in the reduction of average fares related to new travellers and also in the improvement of attraction related to 'early birds' . Therefore, the goal of this research was to define the direction and the aspects of the development process related to the pricing methods of flexible transportation.

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New pricing theory of intelligent flexible transportation

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“…A flexible and demand-responsive transport system has been identified as one of the promising solutions for widespread public transport in rural areas at times that are desired (Mulley and Nelson 2009). Over the last 20 years, many flexible transport services have been established; examples include shared taxicabs, shuttle vans, dial-a-ride services, paratransit services, ring-and-ride services, dial-up buses, lift shares, and car-clubs (Li and Quadrifoglio 2010).…”

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The Potential Role of Flexible Transport Services in Enhancing Rural Public Transport Provision

Velaga¹,

Nelson²,

Wright³

et al. 2012

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“…In developing country, Joewono and Kubota [7] stated that paratransit has an important role in providing feeder service to public transport user that has to be considered. According to Mulley and Nelson [8], public transport should be demand responsive. Therefore, it is important to understand factors influencing commuting preferences by public transport.…”

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Analysis of Journey to Work Travel Behavior by Car and Bus in the Sydney Metropolitan Region

Suthanaya¹

2011

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Car dependence is a fundamental problem in the sustainability of cities with lowdensity suburban sprawl. Increasing the use of public transport is one of the policy objectives commonly adopted to overcome this problem. It is essential to study journey to work travel behavior by car and bus. This paper applied preference function to analyze travel behavior and Moran's I spatial statistic to evaluate the spatial association. The results indicated that the commuting preferences of residents have moved towards distance maximization. In general, bus was preferred for shorter distance trips whilst car was preferred for longer distance trips. Unlike car, by increasing distances from the Central Business District, residents tended to use bus for shorter distance trip. A significant positive spatial association was identified for both the slope preferences by car and bus where zones with a preference towards longer or shorter trips tended to travel to zones with similar preferences.

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Flexible transport services: A new market opportunity for public transport

Cited by 143 publications

References 3 publications

New pricing theory of intelligent flexible transportation

New pricing theory of intelligent flexible transportation

The Potential Role of Flexible Transport Services in Enhancing Rural Public Transport Provision

Analysis of Journey to Work Travel Behavior by Car and Bus in the Sydney Metropolitan Region

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