Dynamic Ridesharing for Livable Communities

There have been many attempts to implement dynamic ridesharing projects over the past 15 years, most with very limited success. The Avego Project at University College Cork (UCC), in Ireland, provides greater potential by leveraging the advent of location intelligent consumer mobile phones to provide a marketplace for drivers to offer their empty seats to riders in real time. By pricing seats based on mileage, drivers are incentivized to carpool, and passengers are provided an affordable transportation option. Based on preliminary results from UCC, as well as evidence from past dynamic ridesharing projects, this paper presents 5 critical success factors for the successful design and implementation of a community-based dynamic ridesharing project.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • O'Sullivan, Sean
• Conference:
  • ITS America 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition
  • Location: Houston TX, United States
  • Date: 2010-5-3 to 2010-5-5
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Maps; References;
• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: ITS America 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casual carpooling; Commuters; Congestion pricing; Incentives; Livability; Passenger transportation; Ridesharing; Sustainable development; Travel demand management
• Geographic Terms: Cork (Ireland)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01342748
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2011 9:07AM