Investigating the Potential of Employer-Based "Real Time" Ridesharing

The reemergence of ridesharing as a desirable means of travel is partly attributed to the role mobile phone and social networking technologies could play in enabling the “real-time” (or “dynamic”) matching of passengers and drivers producing shared rides. In the past few years, several workshops and conference sessions have been dedicated to real-time ridesharing with a focus on the technological, behavioral, economic, social, and institutional aspects of this form of travel. The objective of this proposed study is to investigate the viability and potential for real-time ridesharing to and from the Ohio State University (OSU) campus under a variety of incentive and travel behavior scenarios. To understand the potential for a ridesharing program, the proximities of individuals with OSU affiliation to others in their neighborhood with OSU affiliation were analyzed. To gauge the levels of the various variables that would realistically render ridesharing feasible and desirable among the OSU community, a web-based travel survey focused on ridesharing was designed and administered.

• Record URL:
  http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nextrans/assets/pdfs/Final_Report_0900Y04.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio State University, Columbus

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
  Columbus, OH  United States  43016

  Ohio State University, Columbus

  Department of City and Regional Planning, 190 West 7th Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43210

  NEXTRANS

  Purdue University
  3000 Kent Avenue
  Lafayette, IN  United States  47906-1075

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mishalani, Rabi G
  • Akar, Gulsah
  • McCord, Mark
• Publication Date: 2015-1-20

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Feasibility analysis; Real time information; Ridesharing; Travel behavior; Travel surveys
• Identifier Terms: Ohio State University
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560934
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NEXTRANS Project No. 090OY04
• Contract Numbers: DTRT07QGQ005
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 24 2015 10:24AM