RAPID/Collaborative Research: Measuring the Impact of the Re-entry of Ride Sourcing in Austin, Texas: A Natural Experiment

RAPID/协作研究：衡量德克萨斯州奥斯汀重新进入乘车采购的影响：一项自然实验

• 批准号: 1745708
• 负责人: Xuan Di
• 金额: $ 0.22万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1745708&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Collaborative; Research; Measuring; Impact

Approximately one year after suspending services in Austin following the defeat of Proposition 1, Uber and Lyft relaunched ridesharing services in Austin on May 29, 2017. Services resumed in response to Texas House bill 100, which created a statewide regulatory framework for transportation network companies that superseded local ordinances. In response to this development, this Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) collaborative research project will analyze changes to travel behavior after a service disruption has ended. The project represents a unique natural experiment to measure the impact of these services on city infrastructure and the economy. The motivating research question is, "How does the restoration of ride-sourcing services impact travel behavior particularly with regards to number of trips, mode choice and vehicle ownership". A comparative case is provided by the collapse and subsequent reconstruction of the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in which a 25 percent reduction in usage was seen following opening of a replacement bridge. This project will design and implement a travel survey of ride-sourcing passengers in order to quantify the impact on travel behavior as a result of Uber and Lyft restoring ridesharing services in Austin, TX. The survey will utilize a non-random, opt-in sampling methodology, to be administered over an approximate two-month period. The survey data will not be weighted or expanded, as the full universe of former ridesharing passengers is not known. Expected research results have the potential to capture adaptations by passengers and organizations in response to service restoration. The results are also expected to inform ongoing discussions on the impact of similar events on mobility in other cities. Methods for data coding as well as the data themselves will be made available to support subsequent research.

在1号提案失败后暂停奥斯汀的服务大约一年后，优步和Lyft于2017年5月29日在奥斯汀重新推出拼车服务。服务恢复是对德克萨斯州众议院法案100的回应，该法案为交通网络公司创建了一个全州范围的监管框架，取代了地方条例。作为对这一发展的回应，快速反应研究补助金(RAPID)合作研究项目将分析服务中断结束后旅行行为的变化。该项目是一项独特的自然实验，旨在衡量这些服务对城市基础设施和经济的影响。令人振奋的研究问题是，“网约车服务的恢复如何影响出行行为，特别是在出行次数、方式选择和车辆拥有量方面”。明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市I-35W桥的坍塌和随后的重建提供了一个比较案例，在更换桥开放后，使用量减少了25%。该项目将设计和实施一项针对拼车乘客的旅行调查，以量化优步和Lyft在德克萨斯州奥斯汀恢复拼车服务对出行行为的影响。调查将采用非随机、选择加入的抽样方法，在大约两个月的时间内进行。调查数据将不会被加权或扩展，因为以前的拼车乘客的完整情况尚不清楚。预期的研究结果有可能捕捉到乘客和组织对服务恢复的反应。预计这一结果还将为正在进行的关于类似事件对其他城市机动性影响的讨论提供参考。将提供数据编码方法以及数据本身，以支持后续研究。