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Planning Demand-Responsive Transit to reduce inequality of accessibility

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  • Wang, Duo
  • Araldo, Andrea
  • El Yacoubi, Mounim

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Accessibility measures how well a location is connected to surrounding opportunities. We focus on accessibility provided by Public Transit (PT). There is an evident inequality in the distribution of accessibility between city centers or close to main transportation corridors and suburbs. In the latter, poor PT service leads to a chronic car-dependency. Demand-Responsive Transit (DRT) is better suited for low-density areas than conventional fixed-route PT. DRT can thus reduce accessibility inequality, but this potential has not yet been exploited. On the contrary, planning DRT without care to inequality (as in the methods proposed so far) may further exacerbate the accessibility gap in urban areas.

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  • Wang, Duo & Araldo, Andrea & El Yacoubi, Mounim, 2025. "Planning Demand-Responsive Transit to reduce inequality of accessibility," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transa:v:199:y:2025:i:c:s0965856425001727
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2025.104544
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