TI06-Dynamic Ridesharing and Shared Use Transportation (DriveOhio CV/AV)

Status: Future

Description

––Instance of TI06–– This service package addresses dynamic ridesharing/ride matching services to travelers and other forms of shared use transportation. Dynamic ridesharing allows travelers to arrange carpool trips through a personal device with a wireless connection to a ride matching system (e.g., a web–based application). It uses inputs from both passengers and drivers pre–trip, during the trip, and post–trip . These inputs are then translated into "optimal" pairings between passengers and drivers to provide both with a convenient route between their two origin and destination locations. After the trip, information is provided back to the service package to improve the user's experience for future trips.

The shared use aspect of the service package addresses three types of shared use that may be arranged using an internet connected personal device. In the first type, a traveler arranges for the temporary use of a vehicle. In the second type of shared use, a traveler arranges for a vehicle to pick them up at a specific location and take them to another location. The second type of shared use may be implemented as a ride matching or ridesharing service, including those provided by Uber and Lyft. The third type of shared use is a bikeshare capability.

Diagram

TI06-Dynamic Ridesharing and Shared Use Transportation (DriveOhio CV/AV)

Includes Elements

METRO RTA Fixed–Route Dispatch
METRO RTA Fixed–Route Vehicles
METRO RTA Transit Information Displays
METRO RTA Transit Information Kiosks
METRO RTA Website
METRO RTA Paratransit Dispatch
METRO RTA Paratransit Vehicles
PARTA Fixed–Route Dispatch
PARTA Fixed–Route Vehicles
PARTA Transit Information Displays
PARTA Transit Information Kiosks
PARTA Website
PARTA Paratransit Dispatch
PARTA Paratransit Vehicles
Personal Information Device
Travelers
University of Akron Roo Express Dispatch Center
University of Akron Roo Express Shuttle Service Vehicles
Connected/Automated Vehicles
Ohio Smart Mobility Program