Eliminating barriers to nighttime activity participation: the case of on-demand transit in Belleville, Canada.

ABSTRACT: Demand-responsive technologies are rapidly changing the transportation landscape. The City of Belleville, Ontario has recently replaced its evening and nighttime fixed route bus service with an on-demand transit (ODT) service. Preliminary reports have found a 300% increase in nighttime bus ridership since the implementation of this service, yet to fully understand the social return on the investment in on-demand services, we must also quantify whether and for whom these new services have enabled time savings and increased levels of activity participation. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether riders are satisfied with the service, and whether satisfaction levels have an impact on activity participation. As such, this study explores the determinants of activity participation of ODT users

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8311068 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature