Problem definition: Traffic congestion is a serious global issue. A potential solution, which requires zero investment in infrastructure, is to convince solo car users to carpool. Academic/practical relevance: In this paper, we leverage the Waze Carpool ...

In carpooling systems, a set of drivers owning a private car can accept a small detour to pick-up and drop-off other riders. However, carpooling is widely used for long-distance trips, where rider-driver matching can be done days ahead. Making ...

Owing to the advancements in communication and computation technologies, the dream of commercialized connected and autonomous cars is becoming a reality. However, among other challenges such as environmental pollution, cost, maintenance, security, and ...

As a consequence of the sharing economy attaining more popularity, there has been a shift toward shared-use mobility services in recent years, especially those that encourage users to share their personal vehicles with others. To date, different variants ...

Motivated by applications from ride-sharing and kidney exchange, we study the problem of matching agents who arrive at a marketplace over time and leave after d time periods. Agents can only be matched while they are present in the marketplace. Each ...

Ride sharing has been widely acknowledged as an effective solution for reducing travel costs, congestion, and pollution. This paper considers the ride-sharing problem of the scheduled commuter and business traffic within a closed community of companies ...

Nowadays the demand on carpooling system increases due to the need to decrease car crowdedness, saving fuel cost, decrease pollution, etc. Carpooling services depend on combining different passengers in one car who are willing to go to the same place in ...

An increasing amount of applications can be located in several cities that attempt to deal with mobility issues like traffic management, transportation safety, congestion control, taxi booking, car sharing, carpooling etc. The aim of this work in ...

ComeWithMe is an activity oriented carpooling service that enlarges the candidate destinations of a ride request by considering alternative places where the desired activity can be performed. It is based on the observation that individuals often move ...

With the social development and vehicle increasing, traffic congestion becomes a pressing problem. Carpooling is one solution for traffic congestion. This paper begins with a motivation case and proposes a service-based method to automatically identify ...

In order to commute by carpooling, individuals need to communicate, negotiate and coordinate, and in most cases adapt their daily schedule to enable cooperation. Through negotiation, agents (individuals) can reach complex agreements in an ...

The importance of the quality of user experience in service encounter has been acknowledged in different disciplines, including Service Management, Marketing, and Design. However, the focus has been on tangible elements of a service, such as touchpoints,...

Growing participation is a key challenge for the viability of sustainability initiatives, many of which require enactment at a local community level in order to be effective. This paper undertakes a review of technology assisted carpooling in order to ...

With the demand on energy resources increasing as the supply decreases, energy costs in the United States have been at an all-time high. Despite these costs, congestion is still steadily increasing. Carpooling has for a long time been an option to help ...