The Role of Shared Mobility for the First and Last Mile Connection to Public Transit
To investigate the potential market of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) as first/last mile connections for transit services, this study investigated the influential factors affecting transit users' choices of access and egress modes, including TNC or taxi, drive alone (park and ride), carpool (kiss and ride, carpool or shuttle), Micromobility modes (bike-sharing, scooters), walking, and wheelchair. A transit on-board survey conducted in Spring 2017 for the Orlando metropolitan area was used. The Smart Location Database was also integrated to investigate how land-use characteristics may contribute to users' choice for access and egress modes. Separate multinomial logit models were developed to explore access and egress mode behavior, respectively. Various personal, trip, and land-use characteristics showed significant impacts. Trips going to airports or universities/colleges had much higher probabilities of using TNC for access and egress purposes, while sports events and medical visits were less likely to be connected through TNC services. Visitors were less likely to start their trips with TNCs. A longer distance between the origin and the transit service showed positive impacts on the use of TNC services. Higher household income also showed a positive influence on TNC usage. In view of land use characteristics, higher employment and household entropy and high diversity at the origin reduced the probability of using motorized modes, including TNCs, for access purposes. On the destination side, high diversity seemed to encourage the use of TNCs and drive alone modes for egress purposes.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP020 Standing Committee on Innovative Public Transportation Services and Technologies.
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Corporate Authors:
Transportation Research Board
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Authors:
- Azimi, Ghazaleh
- Rahimi, Alireza
- Lee, Ming
- Jin, Xia
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-29
- Date: 2021
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 23p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Access; Land use; Mode choice; Multinomial logits; Origin and destination; Public transit; Ridesourcing; Shared mobility; Travel surveys
- Identifier Terms: Smart Location Database
- Geographic Terms: Orlando (Florida)
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01764396
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: TRBAM-21-02498
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 4 2021 4:48PM