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In my neck of the woods, a conventional trip costs about $2.50 to provide, a paratransit trip costs about $25.00
So if guardian transit is what we call paratransit, does that mean that commercial transit is fixed-route? You bet!
A fixed-route service operates according to a regular schedule, along a specified route, making stops at predetermined locations.
If you get the schedule, route, and stops right, this sort of transit can be incredibly profitable--as is the case in Tokyo and Osaka.
The ideal form of coverage transit is something like a taxi (which, as I've mentioned before, is a type of public transit).
The ideal form of ridership transit is something like a (grade-separated!) train.
The difference between the two has to do with the sort of networks they run on. The one uses a road system, the other uses dedicated tracks.
A vehicle on roads stops at most junctions, whenever it needs to change its route. A vehicle on dedicated tracks *only* stops for riders.
A bus or trolley that operates in mixed transit, by the way, is the worst of both worlds. It stops for every light AND for every stop.
This has some implications for transit provision: where ridership is too low to justify commercial transit, stick to ensuring coverage.
On the other hand, where ridership makes commercial transit viable, take all possible steps to ensure dedicated ROW, whether or not on rails
Coverage transit, which cannot possibly turn a profit, should be provided by the state, as part of a social safety net.
Commercial transit, however, should aim for privatization and keep costs in line with revenue.
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