To Pool or Not to Pool? Understanding the Time and Price Tradeoffs of On-Demand Ride Users: Opportunities, Challenges, and Social Equity Considerations for Policies to Promote Shared-Ride Services

February 2021

By: Susan Shaheen, University of California Institute of Transportation Studies

https://doi.org/10.7922/G2862DRF
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Shared Mobility

This report explores opportunities and challenges for expanding transportation network companies’ (TNCs) pooling market in four California metropolitan regions. The report addresses pooling as having the potential to mitigate the negative impacts of transportation network companies and offers considerations for policies that could increase the use of pooled on-demand services across different socio-demographic groups and scenarios.