A model to assess cost and fuel savings from ride sharing

George Kocur and Chris Hendrickson

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 1983, vol. 17, issue 4, 305-318

Abstract: A model based on geometric probability concepts is developed to assess the performance of carpooling and vanpooling strategies. Fuel consumption and operating cost issues are treated in the paper, and the model can be extended to treat travel time and air quality issues also. It is shown that simple calculations of the fuel saved through carpool programs can overstate the savings by a factor of two. The operating costs of vanpools and carpools are also compared.

Date: 1983
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