Quantifying the Benefits of Ride Sharing

Ruch, Claudio; Lu, Chengqi; Sieber, Lukas; Frazzoli, Emilio

doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000367142

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“…Similarly, Caulfield (2009) studied the environmental benefits of ridesharing in Dublin, Ireland, using 2006 census data, and found that ridesharing 5 days a week would reduce 12,674 tons of CO 2 emissions; Hwang et al (2020) estimated that travelers who have access to Uber gain a benefit of approximately 1 billion dollars in the Bay area (CA). A simulation study by Ruch et al (2019) concluded that ridesharing reduces the number of vehicle miles traveled by 11%, with a 15% increase in travel time, in an urban setting and by 12%, with a 3% increase in travel time, in a rural setting.…”

Section: Ridesharingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors that determine a university community’s satisfaction levels with public transit services

Khan

Patel

Pamidimukkala

et al. 2023

Front. Built Environ.

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Introduction: Universities and other educational institutions across the United States collaborate with service providers to afford their students, faculty, and staff transit services, such as dedicated buses, on-demand ridesharing, and public transportation. The university community relies on these services, especially in rural and low-density areas without fixed-route transit services. The literature on this topic has a wealth of detailed material about the travel and usage patterns of public transit systems, but it has little information about users’ satisfaction with the transit services provided by universities.Method: This study focuses on filling this gap by using descriptive statistics and ordered logistic regression to determine how satisfied users are with university transit services and what factors are associated with their level of satisfaction. Four public transit services available to the University of Texas at Arlington community served as our case studies.Results and Discussion: The results revealed that most users are satisfied with the services overall. Riders were highly satisfied with service attributes like ease of boarding, cleanliness, customer service, and vehicle speed of the four services. On the other hand, they were least satisfied with service availability and wait times of these services. The findings from this study may be used to provide the UTA community with better mobility and accessibility options and to evaluate the levels of satisfaction with similar services offered to other university communities.

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Section: Ridesharingmentioning

confidence: 99%