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... 6-26 Change in Dispatching Technology or Procedures The availability of ever more powerful desktop computers has permitted the advance reservation time to be reduced. Several software packages that provide either full or partial automation of the vehicle routing/dispatching problem are now in use.
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... 6-27 Indeed, urban data from Chicago show that close to a half of all persons using Chicago's paratransit service on other than a subscription basis report no, little, or only occasional success in making a trip reservation. The 1998 CTA paratransit reservations survey also shows that 55 percent of those unable to book a trip at the desired time reported inability to make the trip by other means (Chicago Transit Authority, 1998)

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