Stochastic Ridesharing User Equilibrium in Transport Networks

Chen-Yang Yan, Mao-Bin Hu (), Rui Jiang, Jiancheng Long, Jin-Yong Chen and Hao-Xiang Liu
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Chen-Yang Yan: University of Science and Technology of China
Mao-Bin Hu: University of Science and Technology of China
Rui Jiang: Beijing Jiaotong University
Jiancheng Long: Hefei University of Technology
Jin-Yong Chen: University of Science and Technology of China
Hao-Xiang Liu: Hefei University of Technology

Networks and Spatial Economics, 2019, vol. 19, issue 4, No 1, 1007-1030

Abstract: Abstract With the development of the Internet and mobile phone technology, it is much easier to access ridesharing information via mobile applications. In this paper, the relationship between the demand of ridesharing passengers (RPs), ridesharing drivers (RDs) and solo drivers (SDs) in a ridesharing compensation scheme is studied by a stochastic ridesharing user equilibrium (SRUE), which contains a mode choice model and a route choice model. The mode choice model and the route choice model influence each other. The SRUE is first expressed as a fixed-point problem mathematically. Six possible states of OD pairs are discussed. Then the existence of SRUE is proved. The method of successive weighted averages is adopted to solve the problem. It is found that there will be a higher demand of ridesharing passengers for journeys with longer travel time. Moreover, with the increase of the ridesharing compensation, the demand of ridesharing passengers is not always decreasing, and the demand of ridesharing drivers is not always increasing.

Keywords: Transportation; Network equilibrium; Ridesharing; Demand; Expected cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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