The potential of ride-pooling in VKT reduction and its environmental implications

P Zhu, H Mo - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ride-pooling's contribution to VKT reduction and its associated environmental effects are not
yet fully examined. We design a simulation with operational data from DiDi to model an ideal …

How does ridesplitting reduce emissions from ridesourcing? A spatiotemporal analysis in Chengdu, China

W Li, Z Pu, Y Li, M Tu - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ridespitting, which enables riders with similar routes to share a ridesourcing trip, is a
promising transportation technology to reduce traffic congestions and air pollutions. This …

Quantifying environmental benefits of ridesplitting based on observed data from ridesourcing services

X Liu, W Li, Y Li, J Fan, Z Shen - Transportation Research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The increasing emissions from the transportation sector pose substantial hazards to the
environment and human health around the world. With the rapid development of information …

Does ride-hailing increase or decrease vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT)? A simulation approach for Santiago de Chile

A Tirachini, A Gomez-Lobo - International journal of sustainable …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Many authors have pointed out the importance of determining the impact of ride-hailing
(ridesourcing) on vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT), and thus on transport externalities like …

Dynamic ridesharing: Exploration of potential for reduction in vehicle miles traveled

C Rodier, F Alemi, D Smith - Transportation Research …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
It is widely recognized that new vehicle and fuel technologies are necessary but not
sufficient to meet deep greenhouse gas reduction goals in the United States. Demand …

Scale effects in ridesplitting: A case study of the City of Chicago

H Liu, S Devunuri, L Lehe, VV Gayah - … Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Ridesplitting–a type of ride-hailing in which riders share vehicles with other riders–has
become a common travel mode in some major cities. This type of shared ride option is …

Assessing the impacts of ridesharing services: An agent-based simulation approach

R Sun, X Wu, Y Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
A shift from privately owned vehicles to shared mobility services can affect mobility, energy
consumption, and vehicle emissions. Existing literature on ridesharing services has focused …

Is ride-hailing competing or complementing public transport? A perspective from affordability

S Qiao, AGO Yeh - Transportation research part D: transport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
To formulate policies for low-carbon transport development, previous studies largely focus
on estimating the substitution effect of ride-hailing travel on public transport, but how transit …

Ride-hailing, travel behaviour and sustainable mobility: an international review

A Tirachini - Transportation, 2020 - Springer
A discussion of the sustainability and travel behaviour impacts of ride-hailing is provided,
based on an extensive literature review of studies from both developed and developing …

On ride-pooling and traffic congestion

J Ke, H Yang, Z Zheng - Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2020 - Elsevier
Ridesourcing platforms, such as Uber, Lyft and Didi, are now launching commercial on-
demand ride-pooling programs that enable their affiliated drivers to serve two or more …