Print Email Facebook Twitter Effect of behavioral and service attributes and distribution of demand on ride-sharing efficiency and level of service Title Effect of behavioral and service attributes and distribution of demand on ride-sharing efficiency and level of service Author De Ruijter, Arjan (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences) Contributor Cats, O. (mentor) Alonso Mora, J. (graduation committee) Hoogendoorn, S.P. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics Date 2019-05-09 Abstract Previous studies on ride-sharing potential have neglected that ride-sharing choice considers a trade-off of disbenefits with a financial reward. This study considers delays and psychological discomfort related to sharing a vehicle as the main ride-sharing costs. Next to finding how these (possibly heterogeneous) behavioral preferences and the chosen discount structure affect the efficiency and level of service of ride-sharing, the effect of the directionality in demand is also considered. A graph-based approach is applied to allow for efficient assignment of vehicles to requests. The model is tested on an experiment representing an urban context. It was found that ride-sharing potential is strongly dependent on the willingness to share and somewhat less strongly on the delay tolerance. The expected level of service is poorer when sharing preferences vary across the population. Implementation of a ride-sharing service is most successful when directionality in demand is low, while ride-based discounts can be effective in maximizing its societal benefits. Subject Ride-sharingWillingness to shareDelay toleranceDemand distributionPricing mechanismHeterogeneity To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5a8bc3d2-fe0c-4eca-8f74-9288b7ae83eb Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2019 Arjan De Ruijter Files PDF Final_thesis_online.pdf 4.17 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:5a8bc3d2-fe0c-4eca-8f74-9288b7ae83eb/datastream/OBJ/view