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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Transportation Network Companies"”.
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The Potential for Using Transportation Network Companies as an Alternative to Transit Station Parking
… the process. However, the widespread adoption of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft over the past several years presents a potential opportunity to change the tradeoff transit agencies face between P+R or TOD. This thesis explores the potential for transit agencies to …
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Understanding Use of Transport Network Companies(TNC) in Virginia
… deals with a) Understanding familiarity with transportation network companies (TNCs) and their use frequency b) Understanding travel choices in alcohol-related situations in Virginia. Ordered logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with the respondents perceived …
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Bundled mobility passes : a framework for partnership between public transit and new mobility services
… that can be summoned from a smartphone through transportation network companies (TNCs) and microtransit. Competition provided by these services to public transit has often soured the relationship between public authorities and new mobility. However, in the absence of a blanket ban on these …
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Mobility as a public service : integrating civil rights laws in partnerships between transit agencies and ride-hailing companies
Recently, a number of public transportation agencies have formed partnerships with Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft. Proponents of these collaborations emphasize their potential to expand the reach of public transportation systems, while skeptics caution that transit …
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Age-Inclusive Design Framework for On-Demand, Shared Autonomous Vehicles
… promise of autonomous vehicles is to make transportation safer, cleaner, more accessible, and convenient - in particular for vulnerable and underserved groups, such as older adults and people using mobility devices. This future, however, is far from guaranteed; rather, it must be paved by a …
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Discrimination, regulation, and design in ridehailing
In the past decade transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft have replaced, supplemented, and disrupted traditional modes of transportation. The rapid growth of these companies makes equitable access to their platforms an issue that is simply too big to ignore. Indeed, these …
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Stories of the Sharing Economy: Comparing Narratives and Regulatory Responses to TNCs across American Cities
Over the last several years, new transportation service business platforms like Uber and Lyft have appeared in cities across the U.S. Since these new business models do not fit into existing regulatory and policy frameworks, and their entrance into markets is typically abrupt and sometimes illegal, …
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Multi-agent Spatiotemporal Simulation of Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Operation
… self-driving vehicles, are at the forefront of transportation innovation. The appearance of autonomous vehicles (AVs) provides a new solution for traffic problems and a new market for transportation network companies such as DiDi and Uber. Conducting simulations in the present is indeed crucial …
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Exogenous drivers of public transit and ride-hailing ridership: a study of policy intervention, COVID-19, and the relationship between ride-hailing and public transit in Chicago
… threatened its continued function. Additionally, Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) have grown rapidly in recent years, expanding travel choices for some but posing a challenge to public transportation, prompting the City of Chicago to price and regulate TNC services. The backdrop of the …
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Wheelchair Accessibility in Transportation Service Hailed Through the Uber and Lyft Apps
Transportation-network companies such as Uber and Lyft have permeated cities around the world. While they have been lauded for introducing a new mobility option, questions of equity have been raised, including in relation to people with disabilities. Numerous lawsuits have been filed against Uber …
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Preparing small urban areas for shared mobility with autonomous vehicles: a case study of college town
… a variety of automobile manufacturers, high-tech companies, and transportation network companies have joined the autonomous vehicle competition in order to have a leading role in the future transportation industry. Given their self-driving capabilities, AVs are expected to further promote the …
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Splitting rides in transit deserts: Ride-splitting dynamics in Chicago before, during and after the pandemic
Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) might constitute a solution for transit dependent population who live in areas with limited or even non-existent public transit service, also known as “transit deserts”. Ride-splitting was introduced by TNCs as an affordable on-demand mobility option which …
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The Changing Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Transportation: A Case Study of the Rise of P3s in Denver, CO
… partnerships (PPPs or P3s) in Denver metro transportation projects in three areas: (1) innovative funding and financing of transit infrastructure projects, (2) the partnerships between freight and passenger rail services, and (3) emerging collaborations of local governments, transit …
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Enhancing the Shared Mobility Market: Dissolving Market Segmentation and Understanding Market Friction
Over the past decade, the growth of ride-sharing companies, also known as Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), providing on-demand transportation services for passengers, has been one of the fastest worldwide. However, in the governance of the shared mobility market of a city or metropolitan …
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Enabling safe, smart, and sustainable Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems with Artificial Intelligence
The transportation engineering landscape is undergoing a pivotal transformation. Although transportation engineering research roots lie in the traditional engineering principles underpinning road, bridge, and infrastructure design, the past decade has seen a merger of computational and data-driven …
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Data and Information as Our New Transport Infrastructure: An Exploration into How the Modern Transport System Is Being Shaped by Information Communication Technology
… has in creating and altering behavior related to transportation. To do so, it lays out a theoretical model of technological transition and then follows it up with three case studies. The theoretical model provides a structure to consider how different actors in our transportation ecosystem – …
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Design and Throughput Capacity Evaluation of Pickup and Dropoff (PUDO) Facilities
… have long been important to facilitate passenger transportation and goods delivery. Typical examples of passenger PUDO facilities are expected at inter-mobility stations or terminals where passengers switch between different transportation modes, outside the stadiums where large-scale sports …