Robo-Taxi service fleet sizing: assessing the impact of user trust and willingness-to-use

Reza Vosooghi (), Joseph Kamel, Jakob Puchinger, Vincent Leblond and Marija Jankovic
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Reza Vosooghi: Université Paris-Saclay
Joseph Kamel: Institut de Recherche Technologique SystemX
Jakob Puchinger: Université Paris-Saclay
Vincent Leblond: Institut de Recherche Technologique SystemX
Marija Jankovic: Université Paris-Saclay

Transportation, 2019, vol. 46, issue 6, No 3, 1997-2015

Abstract: Abstract The first commercial fleets of Robo-Taxis will be on the road soon. Today important efforts are made to anticipate future Robo-Taxi services. Fleet size is one of the key parameters considered in the planning phase of service design and configuration. Based on multi-agent approaches, the fleet size can be explored using dynamic demand response simulations. Time and cost are the most common variables considered in such simulation approaches. However, personal taste variation can affect the demand and consequently the required fleet size. In this paper, we explore the impact of user trust and willingness-to-use on the Robo-Taxi fleet size. This research is based upon simulating the transportation system of the Rouen-Normandie metropolitan area in France using MATSim, a multi-agent activity-based simulator. A local survey is made in order to explore the variation of user trust and their willingness-to-use future Robo-Taxis according to the sociodemographic attributes. Integrating survey data in the model shows the significant importance of traveler trust and willingness-to-use varying the Robo-Taxi use and the required fleet size.

Keywords: Multi-agent simulation; Shared autonomous vehicle; Robo-Taxi; Willingness-to-use; User trust; Fleet size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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