Toward a Systematic Approach to the Design and Evaluation of Automated Mobility-on-Demand Systems: A Case Study in Singapore
Author(s)
Spieser, Kevin
Treleaven, Kyle Ballantyne
Zhang, Rick
Frazzoli, Emilio
Morton, Daniel
Pavone, Marco
Date Issued
April 2014
Journal
Road Vehicle Automation
Publisher
Springer
Citation
Spieser, Kevin, Kyle Ballantyne, Treleaven, Rick Zhang, Emilio Frazzoli, Daniel Morton, Marco Pavone. "Toward a Systematic Approach to the Design and Evaluation of Automated Mobility-on-Demand Systems A Case Study in Singapore." in Gereon Meyer, Sven Beiker (editors). Road Vehicle Automation, (Lecture Notes in Mobility), Springer, 2014.
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Original manuscript
Abstract
The objective of this work is to provide analytical guidelines and financial justification for the design of shared-vehicle mobility-on-demand systems. Specifically, we consider the fundamental issue of determining the appropriate number of vehicles to field in the fleet, and estimate the financial benefits of several models of car sharing. As a case study, we consider replacing all modes of personal transportation in a city such as Singapore with a fleet of shared automated vehicles, able to drive themselves, e.g., to move to a customer’s location. Using actual transportation data, our analysis suggests a shared-vehicle mobility solution can meet the personal mobility needs of the entire population with a fleet whose size is approximately 1/3 of the total number of passenger vehicles currently in operation.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Singapore-MIT Alliance in Research and Technology (SMART)
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