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Post by airportdrt on Jun 22, 2015 17:20:39 GMT
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: 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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Post by kirmingtonuser on Jun 23, 2015 16:12:56 GMT
This is an interesting initiative. It could have a positive effect on HUY, which is not well served by the railway network (as it lacks a Danish- style crossing of the Humber). Presumably there would be no difficulty in providing an on-demand service to areas around Hull, Grimsby , Lincoln and Scunthorpe.
What would really add value would be to provide such a service to the more outlying parts of the catchment area such as Bridlington, York, Retford, Newark, Grantham, Sleaford, , Spalding, Boston and Skegness.
The service should come with a guarantee of generous compensation if the flight was missed!
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Post by airportdrt on Jun 29, 2015 11:45:02 GMT
This is an interesting initiative. It could have a positive effect on HUY, which is not well served by the railway network (as it lacks a Danish- style crossing of the Humber). Presumably there would be no difficulty in providing an on-demand service to areas around Hull, Grimsby , Lincoln and Scunthorpe. What would really add value would be to provide such a service to the more outlying parts of the catchment area such as Bridlington, York, Retford, Newark, Grantham, Sleaford, , Spalding, Boston and Skegness. The service should come with a guarantee of generous compensation if the flight was missed! Thanks for your comment, kirmingtonuser. |
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Post by steveplanecrazy on Jun 30, 2015 14:46:07 GMT
I was in Brisbane recently and they have a similar set up their called Con-x-ion, which I think is also available at other Australian airports. It offers door to door service from major urban areas to the airports and ports for a fixed price.
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Post by airportdrt on Jul 1, 2015 18:10:32 GMT
steveplanecrazy, thank you for your comment and I will have a look of the Con-x-ion.
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