Business models and tariff simulation in car-sharing services

The paper considers an important new and growing business in sustainable transportation, car-sharing services. This is, to the authors' knowledge, the first comprehensive analysis of car-sharing services from the business model point of view. Specifically, the authors apply and introduce a standard and reproducible way to compare the business models of car-sharing companies. The authors' analysis results show that a crucial issue in defining car-sharing services is the creation of customized tariff plans. Thus, as a second contribution of their paper, the authors introduce a specific solution based on Monte Carlo simulation. This tool simulates the existing price and tariff policies or the introduction of new ones for different profiles of car-sharing users, according to different mobility needs and the traffic congestion of the urban area. As an example, the authors use their methodology to provide an in-depth description of the situation in the city of Turin, Italy.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.09.011
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856416303263
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  • © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Perboli, Guido
  • Ferrero, Francesco
  • 0000-0003-0050-8667
  • Musso, Stefano
  • Vesco, Andrea
• Publication Date: 2018-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 32-48
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 115
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Business practices; Case studies; Monte Carlo method; Simulation; Tariffs; Urban areas; Vehicle sharing
• Geographic Terms: Turin (Italy)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01680461
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 17 2018 10:32AM