Carsharing operations policies: a comparison between one-way and two-way systems

M Nourinejad, MJ Roorda - Transportation, 2015 - Springer
Carsharing organizations are shared-mobility services which allow users to share vehicles
of a fleet. These services are divided into one-way and two-way systems. Two-way systems …

A dynamic carsharing decision support system

M Nourinejad, MJ Roorda - Transportation research part E: logistics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a dynamic optimization–simulation model as a decision support system
for one-way carsharing organizations. To reduce the vehicle imbalance in one-way systems …

Operations management of vehicle sharing systems

L He, HY Mak, Y Rong - Sharing economy: Making supply meet demand, 2019 - Springer
The emerging sharing economy has encouraged the rapid rise of vehicle sharing
businesses. Much of this growth is due to the innovation of the free-float model, which allows …

Assessing the viability of enabling a round-trip carsharing system to accept one-way trips: Application to Logan Airport in Boston

D Jorge, C Barnhart, GH de Almeida Correia - Transportation Research Part …, 2015 - Elsevier
Although one-way carsharing is suitable for more trip purposes than round-trip carsharing,
many companies in the world operate only in the round-trip market. In this paper, we …

Free-floating carsharing systems: innovations in membership prediction, mode share, and vehicle allocation optimization methodologies

K Kortum - 2012 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
Free-floating carsharing systems are among the newest types of carsharing programs. They
allow one-way rentals and have no set “homes” or docks for the carsharing vehicles; …

Fleet sizing for flexible carsharing systems: Simulation-based approach

JA Barrios, JD Godier - Transportation research record, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
In the past 10 to 15 years, carsharing has attracted significant attention as a green
transportation alternative that can reduce car dependence and promote smarter, healthier …

Understanding the factors associated with one-way and round-trip carsharing usage based on a hybrid operation carsharing system: A case study in Beijing

X Feng, H Sun, J Wu, Y Lv - Travel Behaviour and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
As carsharing is promoted in many cities, studying the factors related to station-level
demand under multi-mode operating carsharing systems will help better develop carsharing …

One-way car-sharing profit maximization by means of user-based vehicle relocation

A Di Febbraro, N Sacco… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One-way car-sharing systems, which allow customers to return vehicles to the stations
where they were picked up, offer greater flexibility compared to conventional car-sharing …

Carsharing systems demand estimation and defined operations: a literature review

D Jorge, G Correia - European Journal of Transport and …, 2013 - journals.open.tudelft.nl
Efforts have been made in the last few decades to provide new urban transport alternatives.
One of these is carsharing, which involves a fleet of vehicles scattered around a city for the …

Opportunities for and impacts of carsharing: A survey of the Austin, Texas market

B Zhou, KM Kockelman - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Carsharing involves the communal ownership and use of a fleet of vehicles, typically on an
hourly basis. Austin CarShare was launched in the fall of 2006, making Austin the first city in …