Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau | Issue Nahverkehr/2019
Demand-controlled transportation systems or on-demand ride-pooling?
The concept of differentiated operation remains the crucial success factor for serving rural areas with public transportation systems. Various transportation systems must be used in a manner that corresponds to their product characteristics. A hierarchically organized network encompasses both connections in medium and large centres in rural areas that are as direct and fast as possible and systems for upstream and downstream transportation in local areas. In urban areas, the key is direct, high-performance, fast connections from the periphery to the centre....