TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Jitney-lite: a flexible-route feeder service for developing countries
JO  - Transportation research part B: methodological
A1  - Sangveraphunsiri, Tawit
A1  - Cassidy, Michael J.
A1  - Daganzo, Carlos F.
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
VL  - 156
IS  - 
N2  - The paper develops a novel strategy for delivering feeder service in support of trunk-line transit. The strategy is well suited to developing countries, where costs of emergent communication technologies often preclude their use. The strategy, termed Jitney-lite, is a form of collective transportation that provides a degree of flexibility. Patrons who board an outbound Jitney-lite vehicle at a transit station are delivered to their doorsteps. On the return trip to the station, the vehicle boards new patrons in the manner of traditional, fixed-route, fixed-stop feeder-bus service. Continuum approximation models are formulated, both for Jitney-lite and traditional services. The models are used to determine the conditions for which one service form imparts lower generalized costs than the other. A case study of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region reveals that Jitney-lite tends to generate lower costs in the city's periphery, where travel demands are relatively low. The service can be especially cost-effective where sidewalks and other pedestrian infrastructure are underdeveloped, and where residents earn middle-to-high incomes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0191-2615
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2021.12.015
ID  - ref1
ER  -