7 papers
Demand-agnostic assessment of on-demand pooled transit services
Olha Shulika, Hanna Vasiutina, Michał 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…
SimFLEX: a methodology for comparative analysis of urban areas for implementing new on-demand feeder bus services
Hanna Vasiutina, Olha Shulika, Michał 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…
Optimizing Ride-Pooling Revenue: Pricing Strategies and Driver-Traveller Dynamics
Usman Akhtar, Farnoud Ghasemi, Rafal Kucharski
Ride-pooling, to gain momentum, needs to be attractive for all the parties involved. This includes also drivers, who are naturally reluctant to serve pooled rides. This can be cont…
Spatiotemporal variability of ride-pooling potential -- half a year New York City experiment
Olha Shulika, Michal Bujak, Farnoud Ghasemi +1
Ride-pooling systems, despite being an appealing urban mobility mode, still struggle to gain momentum. While we know the significance of critical mass in reaching system sustainabi…
Ride Acceptance Behaviour Investigation of Ride-sourcing Drivers Through Agent-based Simulation
Farnoud Ghasemi, Peyman Ashkrof, Rafal Kucharski
Ride-sourcing platforms such as Uber and Lyft offer drivers (i.e., platform suppliers) considerable freedom of choice in multiple aspects. At the operational level, drivers can fre…