As cities have developed, the distances travelled by origin-destination traffic have increased. In low population density areas on the outskirts of cities, adequate regular public transport services are costly to provide, leading to an increase in car use. Increasing car use is to the detriment of public transport and increases congestion, atmospheric contamination and noise. A demand-responsive transport system is planned for the metropolitan area of Granada using shared taxis and a standard fare of 2.40 Euro. A survey indicated that 20% of the area population would use this system, although half of these respondents owned a car. This indicated that a positive change in modal split would occur. The effect on pollution and emissions would be negligible (because of users transferring from regular bus services) and the users of the system would in many cases incur increased costs. Journey times would however be reduced. For the covering abstract see ITRD E124693.
Samenvatting