Identifying synergies in private and public transportation
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.09659v1
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 07:53:40 GMT
- Title: Identifying synergies in private and public transportation
- Authors: Iva Bojic, D\'aniel Kondor, Wei Tu, Ke Mai, Paolo Santi, Carlo Ratti
- Abstract summary: In a future with shared Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) providing cheap and efficient transportation services, such distinctions will blur.
We show how exploiting existing parallels between individual bus and taxi trips in two Asian cities could lead to an increase in transportation service quality.
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- Abstract: In this paper, we explore existing synergies between private and public
transportation as provided by taxi and bus services on the level of individual
trips. While these modes are typically separated for economic reasons, in a
future with shared Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) providing cheap and efficient
transportation services, such distinctions will blur. Consequently,
optimization based on real-time data will allow exploiting parallels in demand
in a dynamic way, such as the proposed approach of the current work. New
operational and pricing strategies will then evolve, providing service in a
more efficient way and utilizing a dynamic landscape of urban transportation.
In the current work, we evaluate existing parallels between individual bus and
taxi trips in two Asian cities and show how exploiting these synergies could
lead to an increase in transportation service quality.
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