Integrating Travel Services - The Ride Points System

The objective of this project is to explore whether reward points systems can be used as a means to incite drivers to use ride matching to reduce the overall numbers of cars on the road. The project will develop an efficient ride-matching system that relies on cellular telephone technology to link drivers and passengers, and a reward points system to encourage its use. It involves several components: studying why previous carpooling systems have failed; studying the effectiveness of rewards points systems and examining how they may be applied to promoting environmentally friendly transportation; developing a business model, including identifying potential users as well as partners; and identifying necessary technologies.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  200411RT338E

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transportation Canada

  Transportation Development Centre
  800 Rene Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec    H3B 1X9
• Performing Organizations:

  Transportation Canada

  Transportation Development Centre
  800 Rene Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec    H3B 1X9
• Principal Investigators:

  Knapp, G

• Start Date: 20040000
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20040000
• Source Data: RiP Project 10861

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carpools; Congestion management systems; Research projects; Ridesharing; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Travel patterns
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458643
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada
• Contract Numbers: 200411RT338E
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:47PM