Transportation Innovations: Ridesharing Techniques and Public-Private Cooperation

摘要

The 11 papers in this report deal with the following areas: statistical controls in ridesharing demonstration programs; impact of flexitime work schedules on an employer-based ridesharing program; measuring the effectiveness of personalized ridesharing assistance; market for vanpooling in the Baltimore region; community-based ridesharing: an overlooked option; transit agency use of private-sector strategies for commuter transportation; evolving institutional arrangements for employer involvement in transportation: the case of employer associations; paratransit at a transit agency: the experience of Norfolk, Virginia; urban bus transport in Buenos Aires: the colectivos; conducting transportation system management studies of taxicabs: lessons from the Milwaukee experience; and, comparison of user-side subsidy and dial-a-ride services operated in Los Angeles.