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- noun A form of
on-demand transportation similar topublic transit usually in areas or during times wherefixed route service is not available or possible and resemblingparatransit ,taxi , orshuttle service in its execution.
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Examples
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Considering more than 80% of all commuter trips are between areas outside downtown, priority should be given to more flexible, less costly systems such as rapid commuter bus lines, bus rapid transit, as well as subsidized dial-a-ride and jitney services that can work between suburban centers.
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The dial-a-ride system in Cape Town where disabled persons phone and make an appointment to be picked up is not a solution as it is totally unreliable.
Speech by Maxwell Moss during the Transport budget vote debate 2008
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And without any public transport to speak of in many areas - such as the rural area where I live no buses at all, 3 trains a day people are dependent on being able to drive, having someone to drive them, or charity-run 'dial-a-ride' schemes.
Does BC Victoria Transit hate wheelchairs? Plus: my blood and strip shopping trip. Elizabeth McClung 2007
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"People who qualify for the 'dial-a-ride' service will need to be registered beforehand," Kingma said.
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•Restructure the patchwork of dial-a-ride systems in the region and develop guidelines for the six suburban transit providers -- all to promote greater regional equity, consistency and efficiency.
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Hartlepool: The council is withdrawing all supported buses, as well as cutting the hospital bus service and dial-a-ride service.
The Guardian World News Dan Milmo 2011
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As the population ages and changes are made to dial-a-ride, local transit services are trying to get seniors more comfortable with buses.
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His group also is impressed with the ski transfer service and the free bus system; however, the dial-a-ride system in Snowmass "can definitely improve," Duran said of the late and inconsistent service.
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories Carolyn Sackariason Aspen correspondent Post Indep 2010
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January showed a 23 percent increase in use of fixed routes, but a 2 percent decrease in b-bus (now dial-a-ride) service.
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The dial-a-ride transit system, previously used by many seniors across Dakota County, was revamped earlier this year.
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