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The initial development of demand responsive transit (DRT) in the early 1970s was highly ambitious technologically at the time. In fact, many of the early problems with dial-a-ride related to the cost and performance of the computer hardware and software technologies in use 20 years ago. As experience was gained with DRT, the technology for delivering this service became much simpler and relied much less--and in many cases not at all--on computers. In addition, during the past 10 years there has been a strong trend toward advance scheduling of trips on DRT systems, with ridership restricted to certain groups. This represents a fundamental shift away from the original premise of DRT, which was to provide an immediate response local transportation mode for the general public. Recent technological developments offer promise that DRT may be able to return to its technologically sophisticated roots, albeit at a much superior level of performance and cost-effectiveness. The advent of low-cost, high-performance computer hardware, generic data base systems, moderately priced scheduling and dispatching software, mobile computers, inexpensive card readers, hand-held data transfer devices, off-the-shelf automatic vehicle location technology, and electronic mapping software makes possible the development of DRT systems that are much more capable than the typical current system and yet are also relatively affordable. A few systems are now beginning to experiment with these new possibilities. As these efforts, and others, proceed along the development path, how DRT is organized and delivered is likely to change significantly, though gradually, from the current practice.
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