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Shaping the New Future of Paratransit: An Agenda for Research and Practice

Corinne Mulley [email protected] and John D. NelsonView all authors and affiliations
Volume 2542, Issue 1
https://doi.org/10.3141/2542-03

Abstract

The TRB-sponsored international paratransit conference Shaping the New Future of Paratransit, held in Monterey, California, in October 2014, represented the first gathering of the international paratransit community in conference format since 1997. The conference itself drew a cross section of operators, technology providers, policy makers, and researchers from around the world. The presentations from the conference were organized around a number of themes that, when brought together, represented a substantial manifesto for the flexible and demand-responsive transport community. This paper looks at a number of these themes and provides an analysis to highlight the key points and common strands of experiences with paratransit worldwide.

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Volume 2542, Issue 1
Pages: 17 - 24
Article first published online: January 1, 2016
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Corinne Mulley
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney, 386 Abercrombie Street (H73), Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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John D. Nelson
Centre for Transport Research, College of Physical Sciences, King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Fraser Noble Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, United Kingdom
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