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3 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Public transportation services have traditionally been designed to serve concentrated travel patterns that allow for large numbers of people to be conveyed along established routes following set schedules. These services have worked well in densely built-up areas with strongly focused travel patterns, such as commuting to and from downtown areas.
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4 uling, including "slack time," and real-time on-board requests; • Costs and cost considerations; • Staff training (e.g., drivers, schedulers, dispatchers, and controllers) ; • Customer marketing and public information; • Coordination and integration with paratransit service; • Previous successes and failures; and • Barriers and future opportunities.
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