The efficient use of transportation infrastructure can greatly reduce travel times, fuel consumption, and environmental pollution. It is well known that a rational driver makes selfish routing decisions to lower their transportation cost when there is no coordination. These selfish route choices lead to the user equilibrium solution which can be far away from the actual social optimum solution. On the contrary, achieving the social optimum reduces the collective travel time, fuel cost, and pollution to the highest possible extent without requiring any additional infrastructure. However, this cannot be accomplished without a fair cost-sharing mechanism because, otherwise, some drivers would benefit at the expense of others. Therefore, the presence of a cost-sharing mechanism that distributes the overall benefits among the stakeholders in a fair manner is vital to establish a stable coordination. We review the working principles and the properties of the core cost-sharing mechanisms that are commonly used in transportation and logistics, as well as some of the most recent advancements in this field. Although there is a plethora of possible collaboration opportunities in transportation and logistics, we focus on vehicle sharing, ridesharing, shipping, and supply chain (SC) collaboration. We also identify possible future research directions in this area. To do so, we have surveyed 46 articles, most of which were published between 2016 and to date.


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    Title :

    Cost-Sharing Mechanisms in Transportation


    Additional title:

    Springer Tracts on Transportation, Traffic




    Publication date :

    2024-12-22


    Size :

    26 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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