Essays about: "Ridesharing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Ridesharing.

1. 1. Reaching Your Destination: A Qualitative Study on Ridesharing as a Solution for First and Last-Mile Transportation Challenges

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Guillermo Berrojo Romeyro Mascarenhas; Joost Krämer; [2023]
   Keywords : Ridesharing; First Mile; Last Mile; Sustainable Urban Mobility; Urban Transportation; Innovation Management; Business Model Innovation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The study aims to explore the increasingly relevant and theoretically underexplored field of ridesharing as a solution for first and last-mile transportation, its success factors and challenges, as well as the process of integrating ridesharing into a public transport network. It utilizes a business model innovation framework as the theoretical basis to explore success factors as well as challenges when operating and setting up a ridesharing service. READ MORE

3. 2. Integrating dial-a-ride and ridesharing services in Curitiba’s Public Transport Network (RIT)

   University essay from KTH/Transportplanering

   Author : Juan Manuel Lopez Vasquez; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Demand Responsive Transport is regarded allegedly by many as the future of public transportation. Nevertheless, recent study shows that more than a half of DRT services provided by start-ups fail within their first 7 years of operation. READ MORE

4. 3. Information flows in Demand Responsive Public Transport : Interactivity, information, and flexibility in a modern ridesharing service

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

   Author : Karl Hamnebo; Oscar Askfelt; [2021]
   Keywords : DRT; information flows; demand responsive transport; interactivity; flexibility; public transport; ride sharing;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is to study what and how information flows can be used to improve Demand responsive transport (DRT) systems by understanding potential users and how they could be willing to participate in DRT to a higher degree. The viewpoint of this thesis tends to lean towards a DRT service of a public transport type. READ MORE

5. 4. Assessing supply chain resilience within the automotive industry in the event of a pandemic : A multiple case study of the COVID-19 disruption in the Scandinavian and German automotive industry

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Thomas Nickel; Jan Schliebener; [2021]
   Keywords : Supply chain management; supply chain resilience; disruption; trajectory; performance; measures; strategies; COVID-19; Automotive; Scandinavia; Sweden; Germany;

   Abstract : Background: The automotive industry experiences significant challenges such as electric mobility, autonomous cars, smart factories, and ridesharing. Above that, the COVID-19 pandemic did not only affect the global health care system but also caused a disruption that challenged the automotive manufacturing sector and its supply chains. READ MORE

6. 5. Transformation Towards Sustainable Transportation : Solving the "First and Last-mile" Problem in Europe

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : Perk Nora; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The thesis emphasizes the transformation towards sustainable mobility and the role of urban planning for such transformation. The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive overview of different examples of solving the so-called “the first and last-mile problem” (FMLM) (which is conceptualized as a major problem for the transformation towards sustainable forms of travel) which have been tested or implemented in European cities, as well as provide an understanding of the role of the planner in these examples. READ MORE