Modeling Multi-Modal Network Equilibrium with Shared Mobility and Active Transportation

Shared mobility (SM) and active transportation (AT) (i.e., walking and cycling) are common transportation demand management options in modern cities. While SM and AT both potentially reduce vehicle demands, the complex trade-offs between SM and AT are usually ignored. Depending on SM’s flexibility and affordability, it may attract AT commuters, causing an increase in the vehicular traffic flow. As AT commuters’ exposures to air pollution and traffic injuries grow when traffic flows increase, they may become even more likely to switch to SM. However, higher traffic flows may worsen vehicular traffic performance and incentivize SM users to shift to AT. This dissertation proposes to model AT and SM as separate or joint travel modes in a multi-modal network equilibrium problem and study passengers’ choices of AT and/or SM to examine the complex trade-offs of players regarding monetary, time, inconvenience, and health costs, and the consequent impacts on traffic network performance. The proposed mathematical model could be used to examine the market share of various transportation modes at the equilibrium(a) status, offering insights to policymakers who aim to enhance mobility, energy, public health, and environmental outcomes, all critical components of a sustainable transportation system.

• Record URL:
  https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/modeling-multi-modal-network-equilibrium-shared-mobility-and-active-transportation

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $30000
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3551747114

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Hou, Zenghao

  Zhang, Michael

• Start Date: 20220701
• Expected Completion Date: 20230630
• Actual Completion Date: 20231206
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Mode choice; Network analysis (Planning); Shared mobility; Sustainable transportation; Traffic flow; Travel demand; Walking
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01851105
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3551747114
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 6 2022 6:57PM