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Title:

Understanding the Influence of Mobility as a Service (MAAS) on Job Accessibility and Transportation Equity

Accession Number:

01698126

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Recent innovations in passenger transportation, including ride-sourcing and automated vehicles, have attracted great interest and spawned the phenomenon known as Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Existing studies suggest that MaaS can play an important role in serving transit-dependent populations, improving the first/last mile connection of public transportation, and reducing automobile use and related environmental impacts. MaaS, provided using either conventional or automated vehicles, is likely to be a core component of a future sustainable transportation system; understanding its potential impacts has become more important than ever. Using publicly available data, this research quantifies the fine-level impact of MaaS on job accessibility and transit service equity in the Puget Sound region. The results suggest that using MaaS to serve short trips either connecting to/from transit or single modal trips can substantially elevate the existing level of job accessibility regionwide. The results of different scenarios suggest that MaaS availability and trip lengths that MaaS can be used for are the two more dominating factors influencing the extent to which job accessibility can be improved. The accessibility improvement is most significant in areas with low existing accessibility and differences are minimal across job wage categories. Policy implications and potential strategies of realizing the accessibility and equity benefits of MaaS are discussed

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD20 Standing Committee on Social and Economic Factors of Transportation. Alternate title: Understanding the Influence of Mobility as a Service on Job Accessibility and Transportation Equity.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-01362

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Wang, Fangru
Ross, Catherine L
Karner, Alex

Pagination:

22p

Publication Date:

2019

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2019-1-13 to 2019-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Mobility as a service

Geographic Terms:

Puget Sound Region

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Society; Transportation (General)

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-01362

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 7 2018 9:46AM