DRT and Social Exclusion: A Literature Review on Gender, Age and Income Impact

Antonio Russo; Tiziana Campisi; Giovanni Tesoriere; Chiara Spadaro; Guilhermina Torrao

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-97638-4_11

DRT and Social Exclusion: A Literature Review on Gender, Age and Income Impact

Antonio Russo
, Tiziana Campisi^*
, Giovanni Tesoriere
, Chiara Spadaro
, Guilhermina Torrao

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Enna Kore

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Abstract

Demand-responsive transit services (DRTs) have emerged in recent years as a mode of transport capable of improving the efficiency of public transport, respecting scheduled services, and aligning with Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to provide affordable, accessible, and sustainable transport systems for all. The main socio-demographic determinants for the adoption of DRTs were investigated in this research. In particular, a coherent state of the art on the role of the three studied attributes (Gender, Age, In-come) in the adoption of DRTs was defined, exploring the qualitative and quantitative contributions present in literature, with a focus on modal choice models. For this study, a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted through a structured search across various search engines . This approach involved de-fining appropriate keywords as well as setting inclusion and exclusion criteria to ensure effective search and thorough analysis of the selected studies. Results are classified considering the contribution of the role of the three different attributes. The results show that there is a growing interest in on-demand forms of mobility. Age-related contributions are more numerous and with concordant conclusions, which highlight the positive impact of DRTs on mobility for older people. The role of income and especially gender is less evident, laying the foundation for further research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops
Editors	Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Chiara Garau, Yeliz Karaca, Maria Noelia Faginas Lago, Francesco Scorza, Ana Cristina Braga
Publisher	Springer
Pages	157-174
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031976384
ISBN (Print)	9783031976377
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97638-4_11
Publication status	Published - 6 Jul 2025
Event	Workshops of the International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2025 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 30 Jun 2025 → 3 Jul 2025

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Volume	15892
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	Workshops of the International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2025
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	30/06/25 → 3/07/25

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Copyright © 2026 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AGThis version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use [ https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms ] but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97638-4_11

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Accessible and Sustainable mobility
Demand-responsive transit
Social exclusion
Socio-demographic attributes
Systematic Literature Review

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Copyright © 2026 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AGThis version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use [ https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms ] but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97638-4_11
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Russo, A., Campisi, T., Tesoriere, G., Spadaro, C., & Torrao, G. (2025). DRT and Social Exclusion: A Literature Review on Gender, Age and Income Impact. In O. Gervasi, B. Murgante, C. Garau, Y. Karaca, M. N. Faginas Lago, F. Scorza, & A. C. Braga (Eds.), Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops (pp. 157-174). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 15892). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97638-4_11

Russo, Antonio ; Campisi, Tiziana ; Tesoriere, Giovanni et al. / DRT and Social Exclusion: A Literature Review on Gender, Age and Income Impact. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops. editor / Osvaldo Gervasi ; Beniamino Murgante ; Chiara Garau ; Yeliz Karaca ; Maria Noelia Faginas Lago ; Francesco Scorza ; Ana Cristina Braga. Springer, 2025. pp. 157-174 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)).

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Russo, A, Campisi, T, Tesoriere, G, Spadaro, C & Torrao, G 2025, DRT and Social Exclusion: A Literature Review on Gender, Age and Income Impact. in O Gervasi, B Murgante, C Garau, Y Karaca, MN Faginas Lago, F Scorza & AC Braga (eds), Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), vol. 15892, Springer, pp. 157-174, Workshops of the International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2025, Istanbul, Turkey, 30/06/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97638-4_11

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Russo A, Campisi T, Tesoriere G, Spadaro C, Torrao G. DRT and Social Exclusion: A Literature Review on Gender, Age and Income Impact. In Gervasi O, Murgante B, Garau C, Karaca Y, Faginas Lago MN, Scorza F, Braga AC, editors, Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2025 Workshops. Springer. 2025. p. 157-174. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)). Epub 2025 Jun 28. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-97638-4_11

DRT and Social Exclusion: A Literature Review on Gender, Age and Income Impact

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