Better Transportation Services for Older Persons

2003 ◽  
Vol 1843 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon E. Burkhardt
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Transportation Industry ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The One ◽  
Levels Of Service

Improvements to public transportation services are being made, or can be made, to offer better public transportation services for older travelers. Communities in which some of the most forward-looking ideas have been applied were examined. A number of short-term, low-cost improvements have been shown to be beneficial, but new perspectives are also needed. In the long run, multiple types of services, offered at varying prices, are needed to replace the “one size fits all” approach to public transportation with options that riders could choose on their own to fit the specific demands of individual days and trips. Shared-ride, demand-responsive services, dispatched and controlled through advanced technologies, could provide higher levels of service than now available and at higher levels of productivity and cost-effectiveness. Frequent, comfortable, affordable, spontaneous service to a wide variety of origins and destinations over a wide range of service hours is what seniors desire. A serious challenge for the public transportation industry will be finding ways of providing such services while collecting revenues that cover their costs. A key finding of this research is that the transportation service attributes most highly valued by older riders are not markedly different from those valued by other transit riders, so that improvements that would best serve older riders will also attract significant numbers of other riders.

scholarly journals Elderly Users’ Satisfaction with Public Transport in Thailand Using Different Importance Performance Analysis Approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9066
Author(s):  
Methawadee Chaisomboon ◽  
Sajjakaj Jomnonkwao ◽  
Vatanavongs Ratanavaraha
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Elderly Users

Due to the rapid increase in population and the change in age structure toward the elderly, the phenomenon of societal ageing is being witnessed in many countries. The elderly travel less than the adult population due to decreasing mobility with an increasing age. In this study, we aimed to analyze the expectations and satisfaction of public transport users in Thailand using traditional importance performance analysis (IPA), gap analysis, and IPA integrated with competitor performance. We aimed to explain the differences in the analysis results produced by the three methods. The data were obtained from surveying 2250 elderly and 450 non-elderly adults. This study presents guidelines for improving the public transport service quality in Thailand to meet user needs. The results of this research showed that each approach provides its own distinctive aspects and theoretical differences, which lead to different interpretations. The results from the three approaches showed that equipment that increases safety for public transportation service users is an important factor for all elderly passengers that must be improved. Public transportation services in different regions should be developed to provide more reliable and regular services.

scholarly journals Implementation of connection scan algorithm in tourism intermodal transportation journey planner: a case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
Vertic Eridani Budi Darmawan ◽  
Yuh Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Travel Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Intercity Travel ◽  
Tourism Destinations

Accessibility to tourist destinations is an important component in a tourism system, especially for natural tourist destinations located in suburban areas. Good linkage of travel information and physical connections with local transportation services for intercity travel can facilitate more people to travel and promote national tourism destinations. This research takes the popular national tourism destinations and their public transportation service in Taiwan as a research object due to the unavailability of integrated public transport information service. Free Independent Travelers (FIT) demand is growing. This research aims to integrate intermodal public transportation information to support FIT by proposing a seamless way journey planner. In this scenario, the journey planner requires timetable data as input. The Connection Scan Algorithm is used to find the earliest arrival time routes at their destinations. This journey planner is built in PHP language and can complement the official tourism travel information website by Tourism Bureau, MOTC. Hence, the FIT could get the quickest routes to reach the destinations without compiling the public transportation information provided independently.

Liberal Laws V. the Law of Large Numbers, or How Demographic Rhetoric Arouses Anxiety (in Germany)

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Law Of Large Numbers ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Welfare Society ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The One ◽  
The Way

This paper presents the metaphysics of liberal rights reasoning on the one hand and that of demographic reasoning on the other, as exemplifying two worldviews that both compete and complement each other in the contemporary German public debate on demographic decline.First, this essay outlines the way in which liberal theorists of various outlooks, perfectionist and neutralist alike, assume that a wide range of rights serves not only the interests of those individuals who possess them, but that it constitutes the foundations of a just and stable political order in general and therefore is to the advantage of everyone.Second, the essay explains how demographic reasoning questions the assumption of harmony shared by the liberal approaches.Third, it provides an impression of the way in which demographic arguments have been deployed in the public sphere in Germany in the last few years. These arguments associate the autonomy of women with the demise of Germany. They claim that by encouraging women to pursue self-realization as self-interested individuals, the modern secular ethos of Germany as a democratic welfare society may be self-destructive in the long run, since it leads to sub-replacement fertility.Finally, the essay stresses that liberal and demographic perspectives share a “blindness” of historical events. In response, the conclusion brings history back in, by historicizing both demographic reasoning and demographic developments in Germany, with the aim of defusing some of the anxieties that may have been aroused by the current debate.

scholarly journals Approach of evaluation the effects from implementation the projects of construction new passenger maglev lines

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-173
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Smirnov ◽  
Olga Yu. Smirnova ◽  
Iana V. Sokolova
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Transportation Accessibility ◽  
Mode Of Transport

Background: the aim of public passenger transportation service systems is improvement of the services quality while the competition between different modes of transport for transportation volumes and routes. Complex and objective evaluation of effects caused by construction of a passenger maglev line require the research of approach, which focused on detecting the changes in quality of public transportation services and anthropologic impact on environment. Aim: research of the approach, which allow to do comparative evaluation of complex of effects, which appear while implementation the maglev transport into the public passenger transportation service system. Methods: mathematical statistics, sociological researches, comparative analysis, modelling. Results: for evaluation of effectiveness of different modes of transport for public passenger transportation services researches the approach to calculation the integrated index of consumer appeal of a mode of transport; for evaluation of practical benefits of maglev transport implementation researched the approach to calculation direct and indirect effects, which are the basis of a cumulative effect calculation. In addition, researched the approach for calculation the additional effects, which allow to evaluate the improvement of transportation accessibility, operational effects and ecological effects. Conclusion: The approach allows to do objective evaluation of benefits of implementation new transportation mode into the system of public passenger transportation service at particular routes, which is the basis of its implementation into the practice.

scholarly journals Desain Rute Jaringan Moda Bus Kota di Balikpapan sebagai Antisipasi Kemacetan di Balikpapan

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Winarni Winarni ◽  
Evina Rahmatya Pratiwi ◽  
Subchan Subchan
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Eigen Value ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Strongly Connected

Abstract. Public transport facilities are fundamental needs as population growth and society mobility increases. Nowadays, Balikpapan is one of the cities growing quite rapidly, including the level of society mobility. If it is not anticipated, this could lead Balikpapan becomes a crowded city such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and others. One of public transportation in Balikpapan is angkot which has capacity only about 10 passengers. Others are taxi and online transportation such as Gojek, Go-Car, and Grab. These are not yet the appropriate solution for public transportation services for all levels of society. Thus, it needs to be developed the integrated mass public transportation system in Balikpapan and become an alternative solution to the problems. One of the public demands in using public transportation service is passengers can reach any location from anywhere (strongly connected). Therefore, it is necessary to design the route of mass public transport system such as city busway. In this paper it is called Trans Balikpapan Busway. In this paper, we use graph concept to design Trans Balikpapan Busway route. The result is the design of Transbalikpapan Busway route. It is ilustrated by a directed graph. The matrix that represents the graph has unique eigen value, so that the graph is strongly connected. It connects all districts in Balikpapan with places that people ussually visit such as schools/campuses, shops, malls, hospitals, terminals, air port, harbour, institutions, companies, recreation destinations, etc. Abstrak. Fasilitas transportasi umum merupakan kebutuhan vital seiring pertumbuhan penduduk dan mobilitas masyarakat meningkat. Saat ini, Balikpapan adalah salah satu kota yang berkembang cukup pesat, termasuk tingkat mobilitas masyarakat. Jika tidak diantisipasi, ini dapat menyebabkan Balikpapan menjadi kota yang padat seperti Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung dan lain-lain. Salah satu angkutan umum di Balikpapan adalah angkutan kota yang kapasitasnya hanya sekitar 10 penumpang. Angkutan umum lainnya adalah taksi argo dan transportasi online seperti Gojek, Go-Car, dan Grab. Itu pun belum menjadi solusi yang tepat untuk layanan transportasi umum bagi semua lapisan masyakat. Dengan demikian, perlu dikembangkan sistem transportasi umum massal terpadu di Balikpapan dan menjadi solusi alternatif untuk masalah tersebut. Salah satu tuntutan masyarakat dalam menggunakan layanan angkutan umum adalah penumpang dapat mencapai suatu lokasi dari mana saja (strongly connected). Oleh karena itu, perlu dirancang rute sistem transportasi umum massal seperti moda bus kota. Dalam hal ini dinamakan Trans Balikpapan Busway. Dalam paper ini, digunakan konsep graf untuk merancang rute Trans Balikpapan Busway. Hasil penelitian ini adalah desain rute Transbalikpapan Busway. Jaringan Transbalikpapan Busway diilustrasikan dalam graf berarah. Matriks yang mewakili graf tersebut memiliki nilai eigen yang tunggal/unik, sehingga dapat disimpulkan graf tersebut strongly connected. Jaringan Transbalikpapan Busway menghubungkan semua kecamatan di Balikpapan beserta tempat-tempat yang biasa dikunjungi oleh masyarakat seperti sekolah/kampus, pasar, mall, rumah sakit, terminal, bandara, pelabuhan, instansi, perusahaan, tujuan rekreasi dan lain-lain.

scholarly journals Determinants of satisfaction with campus transportation services: Implications for service quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Charbatzadeh ◽  
Udechukwu Ojiako ◽  
Maxwell Chipulu ◽  
Alasdair Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Financial Loss ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Service Engagement ◽  
Managerial Attention ◽  
Determinants Of Satisfaction ◽  
Bus Transportation

Background: In a number of countries, buses are a critical element of public transportation, providing the most inclusive and sustainable mode of transportation to all forms of citizenry, including staff and students of universities.Objectives: The study examines the determinants of satisfaction with campus bus transportation. The article is primarily discursive and based on the synthesis of existing service literature supported by data obtained from a survey of 847 respondents.Method: Structural equation modelling is undertaken using AMOS 19, allowing for the examination of compound relationships between service engagement variables.Results: Results show statistically significant differences between perceived service quality and travel routes. The authors argue that managerial attention to service user experiences does not only hold the key to ongoing competitive success in campus transportation services but also that those services can be significantly enriched through greater managerial attention to the interface between risk of financial loss (which increases when the campus bus transportation service provider becomes less able to compete) and service quality.Conclusion: The authors argue that if providers of campus bus transportation services are to rise to their service delivery challenges and also maintain or improve upon their market positions, they must conceptualise their services in a manner that takes into consideration the two-way interrelationship between risk of financial loss and service quality. It must also be noted that, although this study may have relevance for firm–firm scenarios, its focus is primarily on service supplier firm–customer service engagements.Keywords: Modelling; Transportation; Service

scholarly journals ANALISIS BIAYA OPERASIONAL KENDARAAN (BOK) DAN WTP (WILLINGNESS TO PAY) PADA BUS AKAP JURUSAN BANJARMASIN - SAMARINDA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Bagus Nugroho Putra ◽  
Utami Sylvia Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Bus Drivers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Transportation Facilities

Kota Banjarmasin adalah ibu kota provinsi dari Kalimantan Selatan dengan berbagai macam aktivitas. Salah satu angkutan umum Kota Banjarmasin adalah bus AKAP (Antar Kota Antar Provinsi) PO. Pulau Indah Jaya yang melayani transportasi penumpang dengan tujuan kota dan provinsi. Sarana transportasi memiliki tarif biaya yang ditentukan berdasarkan Biaya Operasional Kendaraan (BOK). Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui besar BOK bus AKAP dengan metode Pacific Consultant International (PCI) dan untuk mengetahui besar tarif yang diinginkan penumpang beserta tanggapan terhadap tarif yang berlaku saat ini Willingness To Pay (WTP).Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui survei wawancara untuk BOK kepada pihak PO. dan sopir bus dengan jumlah data 25 unit bus dan untuk WTP survei wawancara dengan sampel 200 penumpang bus di terminal KM 6 tempat pembelian tiket bus.Besar BOK yang dikeluarkan oleh PO. Pulau Indah Jaya Rp Rp 8.137.912.279 /tahun (bus Non AC) dengan tarif Rp 168.194 /penumpang dan Rp 8.712.239.580 /tahun (bus AC+Toilet) dengan tarif Rp 229.173 /penumpang. Besar nilai WTP bus Non AC Rp 185.000 /penumpang dan AC+Toilet Rp 245.000 /penumpang. Tanggapan terhadap tarif bus AKAP Non AC Rp 175.000 /penumpang dan AC+Toilet Rp 235.000 /penumpang adalah harga tarif bus  sesuai dengan kemampuan penumpang membayar dan mau membayar lebih dengan syarat adanya penambahan pelayanan dan fasilitas.Kata Kunci: Bus AKAP, Biaya Operasional Kendaraan (BOK), Willingness To Pay (WTP)banjarmasin city is the capital of the province of South Borneo with a wide range of activities. One of the public transportation of Banjarmasin city is the bus AKAP (Inter-City Inter Province) PO. Pulau Indah Jaya which serves passenger transportation with a city and provincial destinations. Transportation facilities have a fee that is determined based on Vehicle Operating Costs (VOC). The purpose of this study is to find out the size of the bus AKAP VOC with the Pacific Consultant International (PCI) method and to find out the number of tariffs desired by passengers along with responses to the current rates of Willingness To Pay (WTP).This research was conducted through interview surveys for VOC to PO. parties and bus drivers with data on 25 bus units and for WTP interview surveys with a sample of 200 bus passengers at the terminal KM 6 places to buy bus tickets.VOC amount issued by PO. Pulau Indah Jaya Rp. 8.137.912.279 /year (Non AC buses) with a tariff of Rp 168.194 /passenger and Rp. 8.712.239.580 /year (AC + Toilet bus) at a rate of Rp. 229.173 /passenger. The value of the Non AC WTP bus is Rp. 185.000 /passenger and the AC + Toilet Rp. 245.000 /passenger. The response to the AKAP Non AC bus fare of Rp. 175.000 /passenger and AC + Toilet Rp. 235.000 /passenger is the price of the bus fare according to the ability of the passengers to pay and pay more on the condition of additional services and facilities.Keywords: Bus AKAP, Vehicle Operating Costs (VOC), willingness to pay (WTP) 

User Perception towards Ride hail Service: A case of Nagpur city, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
B. Raghuram Kadali
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
University Campus ◽  
User Perception ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Shared Service

In recent times, there is an increase in the utilization of the ride-hail service (viz., mobile application-based shared service) by the younger generation due to tremendous changes in technology, extensive usage of smartphones, and perceived convenience during travelling. For evaluating ride-hail service further, it is necessary to understand the user perception towards the ride-hail service and public transportation system (viz., bus in this case) to efficiently plan the public transportation services. Hence, the present study analyzes user perception while making trips, using ride-hail service and public transport buses. A long stretch of 3.8 km has been selected in the Nagpur city for the study and the stretch attracts a good number of trips by ride-hailing and public transportation. To perform the analysis, a survey has been conducted in the stretch which includes an online survey (viz., based on the Google form) and an offline survey (viz., at selected bus stops on the route between university campus and shopping complex). A binary logit model has been developed to understand the user perception towards ride-hail service and to identify the significant contributing factors towards the preference of the ride-hail service over the public transport bus. From the model results, it has been noted that age, accessibility, waiting time, travel time, income, and travel cost of the trip are the most significant contributing factors that affect user decision for availing the ride-hail service. It has been concluded from the study that the inferences obtained would be useful in the direction of developing warrants for transport planners and policymakers to improve the service quality of public transport buses (viz., frequency and routes) in cities especially in the Indian context.

Advantages and risks of crowdfunding as a model of financing startups and community development projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 84-98
Author(s):  
Vitalii RYSIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
System Development ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Capital Access

Crowdfunding as a tool for alternative financing has emerged relatively recently and is of limited use in Ukraine today. At the same time, it has significant potential, which can contribute to the implementation of a wide range of projects that for various reasons are not of interest to traditional lenders or investors. The aim of the article is to determine the benefits of crowdfunding for its participants, the peculiarities of the implementation of certain types of crowdfunding and identify risks that may be generated by them, as well as develop practical recommendations for crowdfunding campaigns by entrepreneurs and authors of community development projects. The article identifies the benefits of crowdfunding for project authors (low cost of capital, access to information and potential investors) and investors (clarity, low risks, access to new products, the ability to support creative ideas), substantiates the role of crowdfunding platforms in realizing the benefits of crowdfunding. The advantages and disadvantages of using certain types of crowdfunding are described. Recommendations for planning and implementation of the main stages of crowdfunding campaigns - idea development, target audience determination, research, communication, project budgeting, reward system development, campaign schedule development – are developed. The factors of choosing a crowdfunding platform for hosting the project are determined. The possibility of using crowdfunding for collective financing of socio-cultural projects within the public budgets of the united territorial communities is shown. The risks of using crowdfunding for project authors and potential investors are identified. Those risks are primarily related to realistic expectations and proper preparation for the fundraising campaign by project authors, as well as the lack of guarantees for investors in the event of problems or bankruptcy of the crowdfunding platform. The author highlights that the growth of public awareness about the possibilities of implementing social or business initiatives through crowdfunding platforms will contribute to the development of platforms, improvement of technological equipment, and expansion of their range of services.

scholarly journals Fraud Crime Mitigation of Mobile Application Users for Online Transportation

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaya Andri Damaini ◽  
Ginanjar Setyo Nugroho ◽  
Suyoto Suyoto
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Food Delivery ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Ride Sharing ◽  
Transportation Service ◽  
Courier Service

Online transport service is currently popular in Indonesia. Not only provide ride-sharing service, but also other services such as food delivery, medicine delivery, and courier service. Ease of use and low cost make online transportation service more favored by consumers. However, this service has several disadvantages that cause inconvenience to the user until the occurrence of fraud action by the driver or the customer. Therefore identification of system deficiencies needs to be done to improve the security and convenience of customer and drivers of online transport services. This paper will analyze the problems of online transportation services applications through cases that have occurred and complaints of users of online transport applications. Through this analysis, we propose solutions to protect consumers and drivers for the security of transactions.

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