Door-to-Door Transportation Services for Reduced Mobility Population: A Descriptive Analytics of the City of Barcelona

Laura Portell, Sergi Morera and Helena Ramalhinho
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Laura Portell: Department of Information and Communications Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
Sergi Morera: Institut Municipal de Persones amb Discapacitat, Barcelona City Council, 08009 Barcelona, Spain
Helena Ramalhinho: Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-20

Abstract: A central issue in modern cities is providing inclusive transportation services for people with reduced mobility. In particular, Barcelona is offering a public door-to-door pickup transportation service complementary to the adapted regular public transport. In this work, we apply descriptive analytics to provide a detailed picture of the service by introducing and analyzing a new dataset related to this transportation service. We highlight some of the main problems of the service by processing the data associated with the users and the trips. We also suggest ideas for improving the service. Finally, we propose a trip assignment system based on priorities related to the user or trip characteristics that could improve the quality of the service.

Keywords: transportation; reduced mobility; disabled population; descriptive analytics; door-to-door transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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