Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) at UK airports

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Hi all,

I am an MSc student studying Airport Planning and Management at Cranfield University. I am doing a thesis on the UK airport surface access. This project aims to investigate the potential of Demand Responsive Transport services (DRT or dial-a-ride) at airports. DRT is a pre-booked door-to-door shared transport service which responds to changes in demand by altering its route or timetable. It is similar to a dial-a-ride or paratransit service. It operates within a designated radius distance from the airport and the 8-seater vehicle deviates from its route to pick up or drop off other passengers.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could spend ten minutes of your time filling in this survey.

UK Airport Surface Access Survey: http://goo.gl/forms/uod1zJzvJF

Your response will make a valuable contribution to our research and would be much appreciated. All data collected in this survey will be held anonymously and securely. Thank you for your help.

Alex Wong
MSc Airport Planning and Management student
Cranfield University
alex.wong@cranfield.ac.uk

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Thanks for filling in the survey. The survey is still opening.

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Reminder: This survey will close on Monday 6th July.
Thank you.

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Hi Alex,
Is there any journal publication of your research and thesis results? I'm a member of the Griffith Transport Research pimion team and we compare transport economics in Australia and the UK. One of the potential commercial opportunities is airport surface access and I need some more information about it for my research project.