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Ground Transit establishes Feeder-and-Trunk model
Bus routes often feed subway / light rail trunks
- connecting to other modes of transportation
HCPPT shows the capability of a more distributed demand-responsive model
Notes:
Like hub-and-spoke system, if you don't live off of a trunk line station, you need to make several transfers to go most places
Many cities have legal barriers to prevent commercial competition with public transit systems
Cristian Cortes 2003: High Coverage Point-to-Point Transit
distributed vanpool service
looking for deployment in South America