Americans Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit systems are dial-a-ride services providing public transportation to disabled customers. In large metropolitan areas, these services might adopt zoning strategies to simplify their management. The objective of this research is to provide a more in-depth evaluation and comparison between centralized and decentralized zoning strategies for the city of Houston, Texas, by developing a simulation model to evaluate the effect of zoning strategies on the productivity and service quality for the ADA paratransit service. Three decentralized zoning strategies are compared to a centralized no-zoning strategy.
Performance Analysis of the 'Zoning' Strategies for ADA Paratransit Services
2010
53 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Road Transportation , Paratransit services , Zoning , Service quality , Public transportation , Disabled persons , Litrature reviews , Data analysis , Performance analysis , Strategies , Productivity , Simulation models , Dial-a-ride services , Houston (Texas) , Americans Disabilities Act (ADA)
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