TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Equity in Carsharing Systems: the case of Munich, Germany
AU - Giorgione, Giulio
AU - Viti, Francesco
N1 - Conference code: 24
PY - 2022/3/11
Y1 - 2022/3/11
N2 - This paper shows an application of a multi-agent transport simulation to evaluate equity effects of the introduction of a carsharing system. Using vehicles, members, and planning data of Oply, a carsharing service that operated in Munich until March 2020, we analyze the evolution of the distribution of costs and benefits among the inhabitants of this city. By explicitly introducing the income as an active part of the utility calculation we evaluate how offering a new mode of transport impacts the score of the agents. Two scenarios are employed to assess equity in economic terms and accessibility terms. Two different outcomes are expected: firstly, as a high pricing service, carsharing will favor high-income agents, thus skewing benefits towards them; secondly, we show that the granularity of this agent-based simulator makes it a handy tool when conducting policy evaluations on the introduction of a carsharing system.
AB - This paper shows an application of a multi-agent transport simulation to evaluate equity effects of the introduction of a carsharing system. Using vehicles, members, and planning data of Oply, a carsharing service that operated in Munich until March 2020, we analyze the evolution of the distribution of costs and benefits among the inhabitants of this city. By explicitly introducing the income as an active part of the utility calculation we evaluate how offering a new mode of transport impacts the score of the agents. Two scenarios are employed to assess equity in economic terms and accessibility terms. Two different outcomes are expected: firstly, as a high pricing service, carsharing will favor high-income agents, thus skewing benefits towards them; secondly, we show that the granularity of this agent-based simulator makes it a handy tool when conducting policy evaluations on the introduction of a carsharing system.
KW - Carsharing
KW - MATSim
KW - agent-based modelling
KW - Equity
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2022.02.082
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trpro.2022.02.082
DO - 10.1016/j.trpro.2022.02.082
M3 - Conference article
SN - 2352-1457
VL - 62
SP - 664
EP - 671
JO - Transportation Research Procedia
JF - Transportation Research Procedia
T2 - 24th Euro Working Group on Transportation Meeting, EWGT 2021
Y2 - 8 September 2021 through 10 September 2021
ER -