Understanding the constraints to women's use of urban public transport in developing countries

G Borker - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Women and men travel differently in low-and middle-income countries. This paper provides
an overview of the evidence on key features of women's travel behavior and the barriers …

Paratransit services and socio-economic planning: A review uncovering critical insights and developmental pathways

A Bhuyan, V Roy - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Paratransit services offer flexible on-demand transportation filling crucial mobility gaps
otherwise unmet by conventional public transportation systems. A common problem …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling commuters' preference towards sharing paratransit services

D Das, E Bhaduri, NR Velaga - Transport Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The transportation sector in India faces significant issues, such as congestion and air
pollution, and is in dire need of sustainable strategies. Sharing vehicles is one of the popular …

Determining the level of service measures to evaluate service quality of fixed-route shared motorized para-transit services

D Sharma, D Pandit - Transport Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Fixed route shared motorized para-transit services works as a feeder from neighborhoods to
public transit routes and also along transit corridors. These services play an important role in …

Joint model of application-based ride hailing adoption, intensity of use, and intermediate public transport consideration among workers in Chennai City

A Devaraj, G Ambi Ramakrishnan… - Transportation …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The introduction of mobile application-based ride hailing services represents a convergence
between technologies, supply of vehicles, and demand in near real time. There is growing …

Determination of service quality attributes based on user perception for paratransit services in developing country like India

D Sharma, D Pandit, T Bose - Transportation Research Procedia, 2020 - Elsevier
In case of developing countries like India, there is an urgent need to regulate the paratransit
system because it faces various issues related to operation, service quality and …

Eliciting mobility preferences of Indians for E-rickshaws: evidence from Gurugram

P Bansal, R Gadepalli, L AitBihiOuali - Transport policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Government of India has approved e-rickshaws in 2015 to make paratransit
services more environmentally friendly. This approval has resulted in a substantial influx of e …

Expected service dimensions and service levels for paratransit considering future mobility needs in emerging countries

D Pandit, D Sharma - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
In emerging countries, flexible transport systems (FTS) are mostly informal and are provided
by individual paratransit operators/drivers. These services are largely unregulated thus …

Analysing the ride sharing behaviour in ICT based cab services: A case of Mumbai, India

P Shah, V Varghese, A Jana, T Mathew - Transportation Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The land passenger transport sector lies on the cusp of a major transformation, guided by
last mile connectivity, digital technology, and collaborative consumption. The recent …

Awareness, consideration and usage frequency of on-demand transport services in the Indian context

A Devaraj, KK Srinivasan, S Basheer - Transportation in Developing …, 2020 - Springer
App-based transport services (ABTS) are transforming both individual travel behaviour and
transport systems in cities around the world. In this context, this study investigates three inter …