Surge pricing and consumer surplus in the ride-hailing market: Evidence from China

Article Physics, Multidisciplinary

Optimal congestion control strategies for near-capacity urban metros: Informing intervention via fundamental diagrams

Anupriya et al.

Summary: Congestion is a growing problem for metro systems, caused by passenger congestion and train-queuing, which leads to negative consequences and potential shifts in transportation modes. Alleviating congestion requires strategies such as regulating passenger inflow at bottleneck stations. The study proposes an empirical model to analyze station-level passenger congestion and develop fundamental diagrams (FDs) using large-scale smartcard and train movement data. The analysis demonstrates the existence of concave FDs at bottleneck stations, indicating a critical level of boarding-alightings above which congestion occurs.

PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS (2023)

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Article Transportation

The gender productivity gap in the ride-hailing market

Xu Min et al.

Summary: The gender productivity gap in the ride-hailing market has been studied using trajectory data of 20,000 Chinese ride-hailing drivers. The results show that the gap exists but disappears when comparing male and female drivers with the same driving behavior. The gap is mainly driven by the average driving speed and average trip length.

TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY (2023)

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Article Economics

A SOCIAL WELFARE ESTIMATION OF RIDE-SHARING IN CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM TRANSACTION DATA ANALYSIS OF A LARGE ONLINE PLATFORM

Benxi Wang et al.

Summary: This paper estimates the social welfare effect of China's largest online ride-sharing platform. The study finds that the platform created a total of 130.5 billion Yuan of social welfare in the three years between 2016 and 2018. The consumer surplus and producer surplus created by an average transaction are 5.4 Yuan and 2.5 Yuan, respectively.

TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMY (2022)

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