How can DRT help unlock modal shift potential?

Since the 2020 article by Arthur D. Little, the Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT) market has undergone a significant evolution. Four years on, the Padam Mobility -backed consultancy takes an in-depth look at the potential of DRT as a complement to, or replacement for, traditional transit services.

Unlocking the potential of modal shift with the Demand-Responsive Transport

As DRT gains worldwide recognition, it is essential to explore best practices to ensure its effective deployment and operation. By maximizing the leverage effect of DRT, transit authorities can create more agile and sustainable mobility systems for the territories they serve. At the same time, they can considerably improve the territorial coverage of their services.

In particular, this study establishes the 5 key factors that make the implementation of DRT a success:

• definition of clear objectives,
• user-centered approach,
• model adapted to the overall public transport offer,
• maximum service visibility,
• simplified user path.

Among the examples studied is that of the Grand Albigeois, which is pooling its DRT and Paratransit services within a single offer, and integrating it into itsitinerary multimodal planner.