Understanding Curb Management and Targeted Incentive Policies to Increase Pooling: Examining On-Demand Transportation Services with a Focus on Shared Rides

This study aimed to contribute to the growing body of literature on on-demand transportation services, with a particular emphasis on sharing or pooling a ride when using these services, such as transportation network companies (TNCs) and microtransit. In 2022, an online survey (shared mobility survey) was administered in both English and Spanish to persons 18 years old or older and in selected cities across Texas—ranging from large urban areas to small cities and rural areas. The survey was designed to collect a rich set of data from more than 2,500 participants and offered a reasonably representative sample of adults in Texas. The study conducted an extensive examination of the data collected to better understand on-demand mobility service use and user characteristics, including attitudes, perceptions, and concerns in general as well as while sharing trips. Barriers to using these services and potential improvements that would make sharing or pooling a trip more appealing were investigated for both current and future on-demand services. The study produced intriguing new findings that contributed to the literature, as well as findings that supported and occasionally deviated from the current literature.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5038/CUTR-NICR-Y1-2-2.2
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72467
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Bryan

  1111 Rellis Parkway
  Bryan, TX  United States  77807

  National Institute for Congestion Reduction

  University of South Florida
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sener, Ipek Nese
  • Sibu, Austin
  • Hansen, Todd
• Publication Date: 2023-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 65p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Demand responsive transportation; Mode choice; Ridesharing; Ridesourcing; Shared mobility; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01898219
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551947136; 79070-00 SUB B
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 6 2023 8:39AM