Definition
Urban mobility component, consisting of road, rail, and waterborne transport modes that transport fare-paying passengers (full or reduced fare/concessionary travel schemes). It comprises infrastructure, services, fleet, rolling stock, and equipment, provided by the public sector through policy decisions, planned by the public and/or private sector and produced by public, private, or hybrid organizations. Irrespective of being a collective or individual service, it includes:
Formal regulated services with fixed routes and schedules
Formal regulated demand responsive services with semifixed schedules and flexible routes
Informal unregulated services with semifixed/flexible routes and flexible schedules
For relevant definitions see also Cervero (2000), Vuchic (2007), and Meyer (2016)
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Spandou, M., Macário, R. (2019). Public Transport’s Contribution Toward Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71059-4_4-1
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