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The landscape of contemporary paratransit research: A critical systematic review of the literature in the US and Canada
Travel Behaviour and Society ( IF 5.1 ) Pub Date : 2024-10-22 , DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100930
Theodore Collins, Léa Ravensbergen, Mischa Young

In the United States (US) and Canada, paratransit refers to transportation services that supplement scheduled, fixed route, mass transit to eligible passengers, namely people with disabilities and a growing number of older adults. This paper presents a critical systematic review of the literature on paratransit in the US and Canada since 2010 (n = 57), investigating what is known about paratransit, as well as the methodological and conceptual approaches privileged in this literature. Three separate approaches to the study of paratransit were identified. The first approach is paratransit modeling (n = 22). Under this approach, papers focus on demand modeling and route optimization (n = 12), cost optimization (n = 6), or quality of service and system information management (n = 4). Papers under the second approach, alternatives (n = 15), all propose different ways to provide paratransit services, including public–private partnerships (n = 6), autonomous vehicle technologies (n = 5), and the diversion of current paratransit user toward other modes (n = 4). Thirdly, many papers examine current services (n = 20), relating to system performance (n = 9), operational considerations (n = 7), or user perspectives (n = 4). When combined with a strong bias toward quantitative studies (77%) the perspectives of paratransit users are under-represented in the literature, over-shadowed by a focus on cost-cutting and improving operational efficiency. These trends are discussed in relation to neoliberalism and Critical Ableist Studies. Future research should directly involve paratransit users, engage in theory, and embrace qualitative methods.

中文翻译:


当代辅助客运研究的景观:对美国和加拿大文献的批判性系统评价



在美国 (US) 和加拿大,辅助客运是指为符合条件的乘客(即残疾人和越来越多的老年人)补充定期、固定路线、公共交通的运输服务。本文对自 2010 年以来美国和加拿大的辅助公交文献进行了批判性的系统回顾 (n = 57),调查了对辅助公交的了解,以及这些文献中享有的方法论和概念方法。确定了三种不同的辅助交通研究方法。第一种方法是辅助客运建模 (n = 22)。在这种方法下,论文侧重于需求建模和路线优化 (n = 12)、成本优化 (n = 6) 或服务质量和系统信息管理 (n = 4)。第二种方法,替代方案 (n = 15) 下的论文都提出了提供辅助客运服务的不同方式,包括公私合作 (n = 6)、自动驾驶汽车技术 (n = 5) 以及将当前辅助客运用户转向其他模式 (n = 4)。第三,许多论文研究了与系统性能 (n = 9)、操作考虑 (n = 7) 或用户视角 (n = 4) 相关的当前服务 (n = 20)。当与对定量研究的强烈偏见 (77%) 相结合时,辅助客运用户的观点在文献中的代表性不足,被对削减成本和提高运营效率的关注所掩盖。这些趋势与新自由主义和批判性能力主义研究有关。未来的研究应该直接涉及辅助客运用户,参与理论并采用定性方法。
更新日期:2024-10-22
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