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Enhancing Sustainable Urban Intermodal Systems: Simulating the Effects of Key Parameters in Integrated Ride-Pooling and Public Transport

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  • Ester Lorente

    (Statistics and Operational Research Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1, Campus Nord, C5, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
    PTV Group, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Esteve Codina

    (Statistics and Operational Research Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1, Campus Nord, C5, 08034 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Jaume Barceló

    (Statistics and Operational Research Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1, Campus Nord, C5, 08034 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Klaus Nökel

    (PTV Group, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany)

Abstract

Mobility as a service, and its associated variants, has been proposed as a method to improve the sustainability of transport systems; however, most of the approaches that have been proposed so far have been unsuccessful or have worsened the situation. The work presented in this paper investigates an intermodal system that combines a ride-pooling service with a public transport network. The system is composed of a dedicated simulator that evaluates the transport scenario and an intermodal dispatcher that optimises the service according to requests, accounting for their time windows. This intermodal approach considers trips with multiple legs, for which either ride-pooling or public transport are used. This study investigates how the batch size and the early dispatching of the last leg, supported by a vehicle reservation strategy, impact diverse demand profiles that range from single-passenger to multiple-passenger requests, while also addressing the critical aspect of fleet size. The experimental setting used in this work is the metropolitan area of Barcelona; the experimentation results yield valuable insights into the functionality of the proposed intermodal system.

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  • Ester Lorente & Esteve Codina & Jaume Barceló & Klaus Nökel, 2024. "Enhancing Sustainable Urban Intermodal Systems: Simulating the Effects of Key Parameters in Integrated Ride-Pooling and Public Transport," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(12), pages 1-26, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:16:y:2024:i:12:p:5013-:d:1413443
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    1. Liu, Yining & Ouyang, Yanfeng, 2021. "Mobility service design via joint optimization of transit networks and demand-responsive services," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 22-41.
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