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Zipcar rental vehicle parking bay in Vancouver. Personal public transport (PPT) is a network of private rental vehicles for users to drive, distributed at fixed locations throughout an area and available to the general public in such a way that each user has the ability to determine the route and schedule on a self-service basis (without advance prebooking).
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Private transport (as opposed to public transport) is the personal or individual use of transportation which are not available for use by the general public, where in theory the user can decide freely on the time and route of transit ('choice rider' vs. 'captive rider' [1]), using vehicles such as: private car, company car, bicycle, dicycle ...
A vehicle for hire is a vehicle providing private transport or shared transport for a fee, in which passengers are generally free to choose their points or approximate points of origin and destination, unlike public transport, and which they do not drive themselves, as in car rental and carsharing. They may be offered via a ridesharing company.
Modern PRT concepts began around 1953 when Donn Fichter, a city transportation planner, began research on PRT and alternative transportation methods. In 1964, Fichter published a book [38] which proposed an automated public transit system for areas of medium to low population density. One of the key points made in the book was Fichter's belief ...
The Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association (TLPA) was established in 1917 in the United States, and is a non-profit trade association of and for the private passenger transportation industry. Today its membership spans the globe and includes 1,100 taxicab companies, executive sedan and limousine services, airport shuttle fleets, non ...
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Demand-responsive bus service of the Oxford Bus Company in 2018. Demand-responsive transport (DRT), also known as demand-responsive transit, demand-responsive service, [1] Dial-a-Ride [2] transit (sometimes DART), [3] flexible transport services, [4] Microtransit, [5] Non-Emergency Medical Transport (NEMT), [5] Carpool [6] or On-demand bus service is a form of shared private or quasi-public ...