A Multiobjective Optimization Model for Flexroute Transit Service Design

Abstract

Our troubled planet can no longer afford the luxury of pursuits Confined to an ivory tower. Scholarship has to prove its worth, Not on its own terms, but by service to the nation and the world.-Oscar Handlin iii Facing Societal Challenges Abstr Abstr Abstr Abstr Abstract act act act act In response to major societal trends, rural transit operators should consider different ways to organize, design, and deliver public transit services. This article summarizes societal changes affecting rural areas and identifies five "new paradigms" in rural service organization and delivery to meet the needs created in many rural areas. The article concludes that many operators in a variety of rural settings could enhance their role and better meet the transportation challenge of a changing population by adopting different service paradigms.