User Preference Analysis for Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) and Its Impact in Maryland
Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is an emerging concept in transportation that seeks to find the best solution for improving passenger mobility services. It developed within the last decade, but has already become a popular concept in the transportation and mobility field. MaaS describes a shift away from personally owned modes of transportation and toward mobility provided as a service. It is enabled by integrating transportation services from public and private transportation providers – such as transit, bike sharing, e-scooter sharing, shared mobility and ride hailing – through a unified gateway that creates and manages the trip, for which users can pay with a single account. In this research project, the research team will explore to what extent MaaS can be a sustainable and promising choice for users through estimating users’ willingness-to-pay and user preference structure. Then the results of user preference and willingness-to-pay will be used as an input in a MaaS simulation for the State of Maryland to assess the impact of MaaS adaptation, such as on conventional transit usage, traffic congestion and the environment. Also, the impact of MaaS on travel equity for underserved users will be estimated.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $120000
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Contract Numbers:
69A43551747123
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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:
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251, Maryland United States 21251 -
Performing Organizations:
Urban Mobility & Equity Center
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD United States 21251 -
Principal Investigators:
Lee, Young-Jae
Shin, Hyeon-Shic
Schonfeld, Paul
- Start Date: 20211001
- Expected Completion Date: 20220930
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Consumer preferences; Equity (Justice); Ridesourcing; Vehicle sharing
- Identifier Terms: Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01778992
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Urban Mobility & Equity Center
- Contract Numbers: 69A43551747123
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Aug 12 2021 3:22PM