The majority of shared mobility services such as ridepooling use predefined locations to pick-up and drop-off passengers, so-called virtual stops. Compared to public transport stops, they do not require any infrastructural conditions. However, little to no attention is usually paid to the importance of the local environment when implementing virtual stops in an urban network. This paper presents an evaluation system to assess the feasibility of real-world virtual stops. We focus on essential criteria concerning admissibility, accessibility and the impact on traffic flow. To apply the proposed evaluation system, we used a case study of a mid-sized city in Germany with more than 4.300 virtual stops deployed by three different distribution methods. The results show that a vehicle may legally stop at 87% of these virtual stop locations and that 38% provide barrier-free access. In addition, at almost all stops (about 95%), the vehicle must remain on the roadway since there is no bay offered to leave the road. Regarding the distribution methods, the intersection approach shows benefits.
Development of an Evaluation System for Virtual Ridepooling Stops: A Case Study
Lect.Notes Mobility
Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport ; Chapter : 15 ; 245-262
2023-02-20
18 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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