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Title:

Characterizing Ride-Hailing Driver Attrition and Supply in the City of Chicago Through the COVID-19 Pandemic

Accession Number:

01856645

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

The flexible nature of on-demand ride services provided by transportation network companies (TNC) has resulted in unique supply-side challenges as the industry deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. Early during the pandemic, there was a 70% decrease in the number of drivers accepting trips on TNC platforms, as individual drivers chose to reduce their risk of viral infection and abide by social distancing recommendations. Given the two-sided market nature of TNCs, the decrease was also the effect of reduced rider demand creating a less desirable driver experience. This paper characterizes and quantifies this change in supply as it relates to driver residency, tenure, attrition, and the number of trips provided. The distribution of drivers accepting trips shifted slightly toward the lower income and higher minority areas of Chicago. Using survival analysis methods, the authors find that retention among drivers who started in the early months of the pandemic was significantly lower than in reference years, after six months of driving. The results of the negative binomial regression show that drivers on a single TNC platform provided 20% less trips than drivers on multiple platforms. This difference increases to 30% during the pandemic. Additionally, new drivers joined multiple apps during COVID-19, likely to serve more trips and secure higher income. The results of this paper can be used to understand and target driver retention to accelerate the recovery of the TNC industry.

Supplemental Notes:

Sharika Hegde https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8822-3844 © National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2022.

Language:

English

Authors:

Hegde, Sharika

ORCID 0000-0002-8822-3844

Abkarian, Hoseb

ORCID 0000-0003-2681-3002

Mahmassani, Hani S

ORCID 0000-0002-8443-8928

Publication Date:

2022

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
ISSN: 0361-1981
EISSN: 2169-4052
Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Media Type:

Web

Features:

References (21)

Geographic Terms:

Chicago (Illinois)

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Aug 26 2022 3:35PM