{"id":79966,"date":"2023-07-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/the-rise-of-transport-on-demand-in-low-density-areas\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T16:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:01:57","slug":"lessor-du-transport-a-la-demande-dans-les-territoires-de-faible-densite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/lessor-du-transport-a-la-demande-dans-les-territoires-de-faible-densite\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of Transport on Demand in Low-Density Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the transport sector, ideas, experiments, and research studies have been around for a very long time, but their implementation has been particularly slow, especially in the case of \u201ctransport on demand\u201d (TOD). <\/h6>\n\n\n
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N.B.:<\/em> based on service launch dates.
\nSource:<\/em> Castex<\/span> \u00c9lodie, Le Transport \u00e0 la demande (TAD) en France: de l\u2019\u00e9tat des lieux \u00e0 l\u2019anticipation<\/em><\/a>, Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Avignon et des pays de Vaucluse, doctoral thesis in geography, November 2007, p. 159.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

Unlike taxis, transport on demand is a form of public transport (in France), and is therefore the responsibility of local authorities, whether the service is operated directly or subcontracted to specialist partners such as the private companies Keolis and Transdev. A TOD service is always triggered by a user placing a booking; the journey can be shared with other users, like a shared taxi, but can cover different sorts of services: <\/p>\n\n\n\n