Assessing the Competition of Transportation Network Companies (TNC) and Public Transit in the Greater Vancouver Region (GVR)

在本研究项目中，我们将研究交通网络公司（TNC）和公共交通沿着与其他现有的城市模式在大温哥华地区（GVR）的需求之间的关系。考虑了公共交通与跨国公司之间的替代和互补问题。我们假设，这两种影响是存在的，这种关系取决于公共交通技术（公共汽车和火车），并表现出空间变化的基础上，土地利用和交通服务的模式。作为第二个目标，我们试图研究跨国公司和现有形式的共享流动性之间的关系（即，出租车和汽车共享服务）。该项目包括对第一阶段全球VR的居民进行市场研究调查，并利用这些数据建立预测第二阶段全球VR跨国公司需求的计量经济模型。

In this research project, we'll examine the relationship between demand for transportation network companies (TNC) and public transit along with other existing urban modes in the Greater Vancouver Region (GVR). Questions of substitution and complementarity are considered between public transits and the TNC. We hypothesize that both effects are present and that the relationship depends on public transit technology (bus and train) and exhibits spatial variation based on patterns of land use and transit services. As a secondary objective, we seek to examine the relationship between TNC and existing forms of shared mobility (i.e., taxis and carsharing services). The project is composed of a market research survey administered to the residents of the GVR in Phase-1 and the use of such data to develop econometric models of predicting TNC demands in the GVR in Phase-2.