“Not just a taxi”? For-profit ridesharing,driver strategies,and VMT

The spread of GPS-based location services using smartphone applications has led to the rapid growth of new startups offering smartphone-enabled dispatch service for taxicabs, limousines, and ridesharing vehicles. This change in communicative technology has been accompanied by the creation of new categories of car service, particularly as drivers of limousines and private vehicles use the apps to provide on-demand service of a kind previously reserved for taxicabs. One of the most controversial new models of car service is for-profit ridesharing, which combines the for-profit model of taxi service with the overall traffic reduction goals of ridesharing. A preliminary attempt is here made at understanding how for-profit ridesharing compares to traditional taxicab and ridesharing models. Ethnographic interviews are drawn on to illustrate the range of motivations and strategies used by for-profit ridesharing drivers in San Francisco, California as they make use of the service. A range of driver strategies is identified, ranging from incidental, to part-time, to full-time driving. This makes possible a provisional account of the potential ecological impacts of the spread of this model of car service, based on the concept of taxicab efficiency, conceived as the ratio of shared versus unshared miles driven.     

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Abstract

This paper surveys the technologies available for constructing a pervasive, national‐scale road pricing system. It defines the different types of road pricing, the methods by which a vehicle’s position can be determined, and then examines possible pricing regimes in the context of their technological requirements and implications. The issue of enforcement and the distribution of pricing policies are considered, and further complexities are outlined. An examination of the security aspects of such systems is made, focusing particularly on the need to ensure privacy using technological, rather than solely procedural, methods. The survey concludes that a pervasive, national‐scale deployment is unlikely to be technically achievable in the short‐term.     

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运动型多功能车外流场的数值模拟

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高温冻土路基动力响应的数值模拟研究

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浅谈冷热电联产系统及其发展状况

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早强水稳碎石路用性能研究

水稳碎石作为高等级公路半刚性基层结构,其强度形成需要足够的时间,但是路面基层修建或修补时,有时为了加快施工进度并尽快开放交通,必须使基层的强度在短期内达到要求。本研究采用自行研制的R-1型早强修补剂对水稳碎石材料进行改进,研究其路用性能。结果表明,掺入的R-1型早强修补剂可使稳定碎石在16 h内就能达到通车要求的性能。     

水泥混凝土路面碎石化层应力强度因子有限元分析

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The Impact of Travel Time Information on Travelers’ Learning under Uncertainty

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