Estimation of Car-sharing Demand Using an Activity-Based Microsimulation Approach: Model Discussion and Preliminary Results

Car-sharing is a system in which individuals have access to a car from a fleet on an hourly basis. The growing popularity of car-sharing is reflected by a continuous increase in the number of users worldwide. However, the estimation of travel demand for this mode has only sporadically been addressed by researchers and not in a completely satisfactory way. The work reported in this paper introduces a new methodology to estimate travel demand for car-sharing: activity-based microsimulation. An existing open source software, MATSim (Multi-Agent Transport Simulation, http://matsim.org), has been enhanced to allow the modeling of the car-sharing mode. This paper reports on the modeling approach and describes the implementation of the car-sharing system. Finally, some preliminary results, based on a simulation scenario with about 160.000 agents and representing the urban area of Zurich, Switzerland, are presented.

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  • The DVD lists the title of ths paper as: Estimation of Carsharing Demand Using Activity-Based Microsimulation Approach: Model and Preliminary Results.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Ciari, Francesco
  • Schuessler, Nadine
  • Axhausen, Kay W
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
• Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: 21p
• Monograph Title: TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Microsimulation; Mode choice; Public transit; Travel demand; Vehicle sharing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Activity based modeling
• Geographic Terms: Zurich (Switzerland)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01332910
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 11-2077
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 21 2011 2:13PM