Equity Effects of Rare Events on Transportation Network Company and Transit Riders

In disadvantaged neighborhoods residents often must travel longer distances to and from transit stops, which creates challenges for human mobility. Transportation network companies (TNCs) (e.g., Uber) revolutionized mobility by detaching car access from car ownership. However, economic barriers to these services have limited mobility increases in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Here we will investigate the inequalities in TNC and public transit service across the demographic groups under normal and rare events, and create simulation tools to promote equitable mobility.

• Record URL:
  https://ppms.cit.cmu.edu/projects/detail/396

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747111

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Mobility21 National USDOT UTC for Mobility of Goods and People
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Center Program
  ,    
• Managing Organizations:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Mobility21 National USDOT UTC for Mobility of Goods and People
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213
• Project Managers:

  Kline, Robin

• Performing Organizations:

  Carnegie Mellon University

  ,    
• Principal Investigators:

  Nock, Destenie

• Start Date: 20220701
• Expected Completion Date: 20230630
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equity (Justice); Mobility; Public transit; Ridesourcing; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01848340
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National University Transportation Center for Improving Mobility (Mobility21)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747111
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 10 2022 3:15PM