Modeling one-way station-based carsharing

Modeling one-way station-based carsharing: A research into the development of a method to include carsharing in a four-steps model: an application to VISUM software

van Beek, M.R.

van Arem, B. (mentor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Transport & Planning

2016-10-24

The master thesis modeling one-way station-based carsharing consists of a research into the development of a method to include one-way station-based carsharing in a four-steps model. In this thesis, the state of the practice carsharing assignment model, which is in ongoing development by PTV Group, is described and evaluated. This model is based on rough assumptions, which result in limitations in the use of the model. One of the limitations is that the calculation of road travel times is independent of the volume of carsharing vehicles. The result is an increasing underestimation of road travel times by increasing shares of carsharing volumes. Using the ‘’Method of Successive Averages’’ as smoothing method, the volume of carsharing vehicles is taken into account in the calculation of road travel times, which results in a more reliable assessment of carsharing connections.

shared mobility
carsharing vehicles
one-way
station-based
macroscopic
four-steps model
assignment
Method of Successive Averages (MSA)

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Student theses

master thesis

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