The potential of ride-pooling in VKT reduction and its environmental implications
Ride-pooling’s contribution to VKT reduction and its associated environmental effects are not yet fully examined. The authors design a simulation with operational data from DiDi to model an ideal situation in which all riders are open to ride-pooling. The authors find that under our initial assumptions, with a buffer time of 60 s, ride-pooling has the potential to reduce aggregate VKT by 8.21% as compared to standard ride-hailing mode in a mid-sized city, Haikou. This reduction in VKT is equivalent to a savings of 1,234,164 Liters in petroleum consumption and 3308 tons in carbon emissions annually. Additionally, our simulations indicate that the contribution of ride-pooling to VKT reduction is highly sensitive to buffer time and period of day. The authors further establish a decision model that aims to achieve a better balance between social benefits and riders’ costs. The authors conclude that ride-pooling services, if implemented on a large scale, can substantially promote sustainable transportation.
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Authors:
- Zhu, Pengyu
- Mo, Haoyu
- Publication Date: 2022-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 103155
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
- Volume: 103
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1361-9209
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Casual carpooling; Environmental impacts; Shared mobility; Vehicle miles of travel
- Geographic Terms: China
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01834070
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 25 2022 9:50AM