5 papers
Demand-agnostic assessment of on-demand pooled transit services
Olha Shulika, Hanna Vasiutina, MichaÅ Bujak +2
This study proposes a method to assess the potential of pooled on-demand transit feeder services in urban areas where demand is not yet known. We introduce the fraction of demand,…
Regulating Ride-Sourcing Markets: Can Minimum Wage Regulation Protect Drivers Without Disrupting the Market?
Farnoud Ghasemi, Arjan de Ruijter, Rafal Kucharski +1
Ride-sourcing platforms such as Uber and Lyft are prime examples of the gig economy, recruiting drivers as independent contractors, thereby avoiding legal and fiscal obligations. A…
Adaptive Optimisation of Ride-Pooling Personalised Fares in a Stochastic Framework
Michal Bujak, Rafal Kucharski
Ride-pooling systems, to succeed, must provide an attractive service, namely compensate perceived costs with an appealing price. However, because of a strong heterogeneity in a val…
SimFLEX: a methodology for comparative analysis of urban areas for implementing new on-demand feeder bus services
Hanna Vasiutina, Olha Shulika, MichaÅ Bujak +2
On-demand feeder bus services present an innovative solution to urban mobility challenges, yet their success depends on thorough assessment and strategic planning. Despite their po…
Balancing Profit and Traveller Acceptance in Ride-Pooling Personalised Fares
Michal Bujak, Rafal Kucharski
In a ride-pooling system, travellers experience discomfort associated with a detour and a longer travel time, which is compensated with a sharing discount. Most studies assume trav…