Open AccessAssessment Methods for Comparing Shared Mobility and Conventional Transportation Modes in Urban Areas
Author(s) -
Simon Nagy,
Csaba Csiszár
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
periodica polytechnica. social and management sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.223
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1587-3803
pISSN - 1416-3837
DOI - 10.3311/ppso.16605
Subject(s) - public transport , flexibility (engineering) , mode (computer interface) , car sharing , transport engineering , computer science , sustainable transport , service (business) , key (lock) , level of service , individual mobility , mode choice , environmental economics , business , sustainability , marketing , computer security , engineering , economics , ecology , statistics , management , mathematics , biology , operating system
Shared mobility is an innovative and sustainable approach to passenger transportation, which has only recently emerged. In urban areas car-sharing, bike-sharing and other special vehicles (e.g., scooters) are popular. For greater distances, ridesharing is considered as a great option beside own private car usage or public transportation. We elaborated an assessment to analyse mobility modes. The research consists of two main parts. First, a wide spectrum of key variables is identified. We classified the variables among the following indicators: flexibility, comfort, and dynamic characteristics. These indicators support mode choice decisions. The second part is the model of service level. In the model, we included parameters to represent the importance of certain attributes. The model can be used to support mode choice decisions. We applied the method to analyse a simple urban mobility palette and place shared mobility within it. We found that shared mobility modes can be placed between private car usage and public transportation according to the aggregated indicators.