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Even as ride-hailing becomes ubiquitous in most urban areas, its impacts on individual travel are still unclear. In particular, there is limited knowledge on the potential impacts on the use of other modes, peak-period travel, and new induced trips. The current study contributes to this knowledge gap by investigating ride-hailing trip characteristics through a multi-dimensional model estimated using data collected from the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the fall of 2017. Model results are used as initial evidence to the discussion about potential positive and negative externalities of ride-hailing adoption. The results suggest a need for policies that discourage the substitution of short-distance “walkable” trips by ride-hailing, and a need for low cost and well-integrated multi-modal systems to avoid substitution of transit trips by ride-hailing. More generally, the results in this study reveal that ride-hailing is fundamentally changing the spatial, temporal, and modal activity-travel landscape of individuals.

Alternate title: Investigating Potential Externalities of Ride-Hailing Adoption: A Multivariate Model of Ride-Hailing Trip Characteristics. This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB40 Standing Committee on Transportation Demand Forecasting.

19-04318

English

0000-0002-0715-8121

5p

2019

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

References

Demand responsive transportation; Externalities; Modal shift; Multinomial probits; Periods of the day; Transportation modes; Trip purpose; Urban areas

Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-04318

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 7 2018 9:30AM