Partnerships between Ridehailing Companies and Public Transit Agencies: An Exploration of Inter-agency Learning about Pilot Programs

Pike, Susan; Kazemian, Sara

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“…Day-to-day operations of these services fall to the TNCs, which can be challenging for public agencies to ensure high quality of service (Blodgett et al, 2017). There are also barriers to residents without access to smartphones or credit cards, and there can be difficulty in ensuring TNC vehicles are accessible to riders with disabilities (Cochran & Chatman, 2021;Pike & Kazemian, 2019;Thomas et al, 2021). There are also potential longer-term risks of outsourcing a public need to a private company (Blodgett et al, 2017).…”

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“…There may be opportunities to harness and integrate ride hailing to improve the quality of service, accessibility, and cost effectiveness of public transit (Murphy & Feigon, 2016). On demand transit would be particularly valuable for first-mile-last-mile, low-density, and paratransit mobility services (Curtis et al, 2019;Miah et al, 2020;Murphy & Feigon, 2016;Pike & Kazemian, 2019). Since 2015, over 40 partnerships between public transit agencies and private TNCs have emerged to provide ride hailing services as a form of public transit by subsidizing certain ride hailing trips (Curtis et al, 2019).…”

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On-demand Ride-hailing as Publicly Subsidized Mobility: An Empirical Case Study of Innisfil Transit

Benaroya

2024

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This empirical case study examines Innisfil Transit, a partnership between Uber and the low-density rural Town of Innisfil, Ontario, which subsidizes ride-hailing trips as an alternative to fixed-route transit. The Innisfil Transit program underwent multiple policy changes, providing an opportunity to learn about the links between program design and use. Using descriptive statistics, cross sectional, and panel models, this study explores the predictors of ride-hailing ridership and growth between 2016 and 2020 as a function of neighborhood-level and policy-related variables. Results indicate that the Innisfil Transit program initially eased Uber ridership (implying substitution), however this impact was not long lasting. Evidence indicates that program design impacts both overall ridership and growth over time, and that urbanized areas and young adults are associated with increased ride hailing use. The results of this paper can be used by municipalities considering the implementation of subsidized ride-hailing programs in determining program goals and design.

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Section: Ride Hailing As Public Transitmentioning

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On-demand Ride-hailing as Publicly Subsidized Mobility: An Empirical Case Study of Innisfil Transit

Benaroya

2024

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Impact of TNC on travel behavior and mode choice: a comparative analysis of Boston and Philadelphia

2021

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We compare responses from an online survey among 700 customers of transportation network companies (TNC) in Boston and Philadelphia to investigate TNC’s impact on vehicle ownership, trip making, and mode choice. We first use a qualitative comparative analysis to examine changes in respondents’ travel behavior and vehicle ownership after adopting TNC. We then use a random parameter logit regression analysis to investigate customers’ preferences between transit and TNC based on a choice experiment. We find that in both cities, TNC allows customers, including those who currently do not own a car, to either delay purchasing a car or forgo a car altogether. TNC enables customers across income levels to take trips that they otherwise would not have taken. Meanwhile, TNC substitutes for more than complementing transit. The random parameter logit analysis indicates that when choosing between TNC and transit, individuals in both cities consider waiting time and overall travel time for transit to be more burdensome than those for TNC. Bostonians perceive the time spent walking to and from transit to be less burdensome, and the time spent traveling in vehicle to be more burdensome than do Philadelphians. Differences in built environment, mode share within transit systems, and income likely contribute to respondents’ different values of time between the two cities. Our paper is the first to compare individual trade-off between transit and TNC in two cities with different urban settings and transit services. The findings have implications on transit service planning, station area improvements, parking regulations, and traffic management. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11116-021-10220-5.

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Partnerships between Ridehailing Companies and Public Transit Agencies: An Exploration of Inter-agency Learning about Pilot Programs

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On-demand Ride-hailing as Publicly Subsidized Mobility: An Empirical Case Study of Innisfil Transit

On-demand Ride-hailing as Publicly Subsidized Mobility: An Empirical Case Study of Innisfil Transit

Impact of TNC on travel behavior and mode choice: a comparative analysis of Boston and Philadelphia

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