Understanding Curb Management and Targeted Incentive Policies to Increase Transportation Network Company Pooling and Public Transit Linkages - Part A

Transportation network companies (TNCs) and microtransit are changing the way people travel by providing dynamic, on-demand mobility that can supplement public transit and personal-vehicle use. Well-designed policy strategies are needed to fully leverage the potential of pooling to lessen congestion, energy use, and emissions by reducing private-vehicle ownership and enabling higher occupancy. Policy/planning tools could help to leverage pooling strategies and more efficient TNC routing to reduce deadheading and excess vehicle miles traveled (VMT). There is a notable opportunity to increase pooling rates among TNC users through promotional offers for pooling to public transit stations, employment centers, etc. and designated pickup/drop-off locations. This study will inform curb management and the role of targeted incentives to help maximize the societal/environmental benefits of pooled mobility services and linkages to public transit. It involves two separate but related research efforts by University of California Berkeley (Part A) and Texas A&M Transportation Institute (Part B). In Part A of the project, UC Berkeley researchers will employ the photovoice methodology in the San Francisco Bay Area to seek deeper understanding of individual views and priorities relative to designated pickup/dropoff locations and gain insights into motivations for pooling (see also Congestion Using New Mobility Platforms: Understanding Curb Management and Targeted Incentive Policies to Increase Pooling – Part B).

• Record URL:
  https://nicr.usf.edu/2020/12/11/2-2-formulating-innovative-mobility-policies-to-reduce-congestion/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $139,000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551947136

  79070-00-C

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  National Institute for Congestion Reduction

  University of South Florida
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620
• Project Managers:

  Li, Xiaopeng

• Performing Organizations:

  University of California Berkeley

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  416C McLaughlin Hall
  Berkeley, California  United States  94720
• Principal Investigators:

  Shaheen, Susan A

• Start Date: 20190930
• Expected Completion Date: 20210930
• Actual Completion Date: 20210831
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Demand responsive transportation; Mobility; Policy; Ridesharing; Ridesourcing; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01751598
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Institute for Congestion Reduction
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551947136, 79070-00-C
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Sep 10 2020 10:46AM