The Social Benefits of On-demand Transit
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Transit Stories with Pantonium
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The City of Belleville introduced on-demand transit for their evening service in September of 2018. After a year in service, and 3,000 registered users, a research team from the University of Toronto conducted a survey to better understand the social benefits of on-demand transit service.
Professor Steven Farber, Department of Human Geography, and Shauna Brail, Director and Associate Professor, Urban Studies Program, join us to discuss the social and economic outcomes uncovered in their report.
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