Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenarios

Abstract The impact of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on urban mobility systems is an increasingly discussed topic in recent years. There is currently some discussions about different ownership models and their consequences. Regarding autonomous vehicles (AVs), two ownership models are being considered f...

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Main Authors: Abood Mourad, Jakob Puchinger, Chengbin Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-06-01
Series:European Transport Research Review
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12544-019-0370-8
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description Abstract The impact of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on urban mobility systems is an increasingly discussed topic in recent years. There is currently some discussions about different ownership models and their consequences. Regarding autonomous vehicles (AVs), two ownership models are being considered for future transportation systems. These are: autonomous vehicles as a public service or individual owning ownership. The first ownership model is based on AVs operating within an on-demand (taxi) service while the second proposes private vehicle ownership combined with offering the AV to other users when not used by its owner and thereby partially financing the vehicle’s acquisition cost. In addition to the ownership model comes the possibility of sharing rides. The main difference when sharing a trip is that an individually-owned vehicle always prioritizes its owner. Based on an existing approach for assessing the potential of predefined meeting points in a ride-sharing service, we develop a method for assessing the sharing potential of those different variants. We consider the number and distance of shared trips, and thus, we evaluate the potentially saved vehicle kilometers. We analyze several ownership and sharing scenarios on a case study for New York and Paris. The results demonstrate that sharing AV trips has the potential of increasing the system-wide matching rate as well as saving up to 25% of the overall traveled distance.
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spelling doaj.art-5dc5c4e9cbf54563a41341323dbee1af2022-12-21T18:23:34ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Transport Research Review1867-07171866-88872019-06-0111112010.1186/s12544-019-0370-8Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenariosAbood Mourad0Jakob Puchinger1Chengbin Chu2Laboratoire Génie Industriel, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-SaclayLaboratoire Génie Industriel, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-SaclayUniversité Paris-Est, ESIEE Paris, Département Ing?nierie des systèmesAbstract The impact of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on urban mobility systems is an increasingly discussed topic in recent years. There is currently some discussions about different ownership models and their consequences. Regarding autonomous vehicles (AVs), two ownership models are being considered for future transportation systems. These are: autonomous vehicles as a public service or individual owning ownership. The first ownership model is based on AVs operating within an on-demand (taxi) service while the second proposes private vehicle ownership combined with offering the AV to other users when not used by its owner and thereby partially financing the vehicle’s acquisition cost. In addition to the ownership model comes the possibility of sharing rides. The main difference when sharing a trip is that an individually-owned vehicle always prioritizes its owner. Based on an existing approach for assessing the potential of predefined meeting points in a ride-sharing service, we develop a method for assessing the sharing potential of those different variants. We consider the number and distance of shared trips, and thus, we evaluate the potentially saved vehicle kilometers. We analyze several ownership and sharing scenarios on a case study for New York and Paris. The results demonstrate that sharing AV trips has the potential of increasing the system-wide matching rate as well as saving up to 25% of the overall traveled distance.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12544-019-0370-8OptimizationAutonomous vehiclesOwnership modelsRide-sharingMeeting points
spellingShingle Abood Mourad
Jakob Puchinger
Chengbin Chu
Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenarios
European Transport Research Review
Optimization
Autonomous vehicles
Ownership models
Ride-sharing
Meeting points
title Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenarios
title_full Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenarios
title_fullStr Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenarios
title_full_unstemmed Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenarios
title_short Owning or sharing autonomous vehicles: comparing different ownership and usage scenarios
title_sort owning or sharing autonomous vehicles comparing different ownership and usage scenarios
topic Optimization
Autonomous vehicles
Ownership models
Ride-sharing
Meeting points
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12544-019-0370-8
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