Price of competition and fragmentation in ride-sourcing markets

Y Zhou, H Yang, J Ke - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a general model for describing the equilibrium state of a ride-sourcing
market with an arbitrary number of platforms competing with each other. As the number of …

[HTML][HTML] On the utilization of dedicated bus lanes for pooled ride-hailing services

L Fayed, G Nilsson, N Geroliminis - Transportation Research Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ride-sourcing platforms, among other solution services, offer convenience and flexibility
when it comes to pick-up/drop-off time and location. Similarly, ride-splitting renders itself as …

Competition between autonomous and traditional ride-hailing platforms: Market equilibrium and technology transfer

Z Wang, S Li - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2024 - Elsevier
Autonomous ride-hailing platforms, such as Waymo and Cruise, are quickly expanding their
services, but their interactions with the existing ride-hailing companies, such as Uber and …

Optimizing consolidated shared charging and electric ride-sourcing services

Z Cai, C Li, D Mo, S Xu, XM Chen, DH Lee - Transportation Research Part …, 2024 - Elsevier
The shortage of charging facilities under the trend of transportation electrification brings a
significant challenge to electric ride-sourcing operations. As a component of sharing …

A multimodal multi-provider market equilibrium model: A game-theoretic approach

A Najmi, TH Rashidi, T Waller - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
The prominent planning components of recent transport systems are multimodality, pricing,
shared mobility, and bundling. These systems consist of several service providers …

Spatial pricing in ride-sourcing markets under a congestion charge

S Li, H Yang, K Poolla, P Varaiya - Transportation Research Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper studies the optimal spatial pricing for a ride-sourcing platform subject to a
congestion charge. The platform determines the ride prices over the transportation network …

Planning and operation of ride-hailing networks with a mixture of level-4 autonomous vehicles and for-hire human drivers

Z Wang, J Ke, S Li - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the joint planning and operation of a ride-hailing network with a
mixture of level-4 autonomous vehicles (AVs) and for-hire human drivers. Distinct from most …

Optimal curbside pricing for managing ride-hailing pick-ups and drop-offs

J Liu, W Ma, S Qian - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed the rise of ride-hailing mobility services thanks to ubiquitous
emerging technologies. Curbside spaces, as a category of public infrastructure, are being …

Dynamic Operations of a Mobile Charging Crowdsourcing Platform

Y Yan, X Lin, F He, DZW Wang - Transportation Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper investigates the operation of a novel electric vehicles (EVs) charging service
mode, that is, crowdsourced mobile charging service for EVs, whereby a crowdsourcing …

Optimal operation strategies of an urban crowdship** platform in asset-light, asset-medium, or asset-heavy business format

Z Zhang, F Zhang - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the operation strategies of an urban crowdship** platform, which
utilizes the latent capacity of the traveling 'crowd'in the transportation system to facilitate …