Public transport (PT) services are essential in providing mobility and connecting rural population to basic services, however, sparsely populated areas with long travelling distances are challenging for conventional PT scheme. Balancing the transport needs of rural population with limited resources and sustainable travel can be a struggle for transport planners. Given the small number of passengers, it is often assumed that there is no demand for PT services in sparsely populated rural areas. To identify the actual demand for PT services in such areas, “Transport on demand” (ToD) service was offered to residents of two counties in Vidzeme region, Latvia.

    This paper highlights the problems of approach used in PT planning for rural areas and presents the results of the pilot study “Transport on demand”, which allow to identify the real demand and to improve public transport supply for local transport services in rural areas.


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    Title :

    Demand and Supply of Public Transport Services in Sparsely Populated Rural Areas


    Additional title:

    Lect. Notes in Networks, Syst.



    Conference:

    International Conference on Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication ; 2021 ; Riga, Latvia October 14, 2021 - October 15, 2021



    Publication date :

    2022-02-23


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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