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This paper presents the situation and obstacles of ridesharing in Bangkok with the proposed strategies to make these programs successful. In this paper, ridesharing in Bangkok for daily commuting was separated into three main pooling groups, i.e., 1) carpool, the shared use of a personal car by a driver and one or more passengers to commute together, 2) buspool/vanpool, the shared use of a bus or a van by a large group of working community in an organization, and 3) school bus, a share use of an organized bus or a van for students in a particular school. The data for each pool group were collected through several methodologies such as surveys, in-depth interviews, experiments, questionnaires, etc. from pooling participants, organizers, policy makers, government officials, and other relevant stakeholders. These data suggest that some policies would be changed to encourage more actual ridesharing participants. Lastly, the paper summarizes strategic plans to encourage sustainable ridesharing programs for each type of ridesharing programs in Bangkok.

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11-0757

English

11p

2011

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

DVD

References (8) ; Tables (3)

Buspools; Carpools; Ridesharing; School buses; Strategic planning; Surveys; Travel demand management; Vanpools

Bangkok (Thailand)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-0757

TRIS, TRB

Feb 17 2011 5:34PM