dc.contributor.author |
Jayasinghe, RMTTB |
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dc.contributor.author |
Sivakumar, T |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2018-09-17T21:00:23Z |
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dc.date.available |
2018-09-17T21:00:23Z |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/13566 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Recent increase in number of singly hired para-transit usage in Sri Lanka favors ride shared paratransit
modes. Applicability of ridesharing is studied in a selected corridor by examining the attitude of
the passengers and drivers. The undergraduates of University of Moratuwa (passengers) were selected
as the population and one of the access road (between Katubedda junction and university) was selected
as the study area with Three-Wheel (3W) mode as common para-transit mode in Sri Lanka. Structured
questionnaire was used to gather users (3W passengers) preference and drivers willingness along with
road side survey on 3W movements to study the existing situation in the study area. The study focused
on effects of ridesharing on three aspects while identifying barriers for ridesharing implementation; (1)
demand for 3W, (2) monetary benefit for 3W operators and (3) Environment. It is found that
implementing ridesharing with pool of three passengers and with fare of LKR (Sri Lankan currency-
Rupees) 20 (less than ⅓ of the current fare, LKR 70) per head; (1) increases 3W ridership by 42%, (2)
increases daily profit of the drivers by 13.3% compared to the existing (average vehicle
occupancy=1.4) operating cost and (3) Reduces emission cost per user by 50% per passenger. Barriers
to ridesharing from users are reluctant to share rides with unknown passengers (stranger-danger) and
also with opposite gender while that of from operators is the fear from peer operators like other 3W
drivers and bus operators. Implementing ridesharing is certainly a win-win case for both users and
operators. |
en_US |
dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Ridesharing |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Para transit |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Three wheel |
en_US |
dc.subject |
User behavior |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Questionnaire survey |
en_US |
dc.title |
Applicability of ridesharing using paratransits: a case study from a university community in Sri Lanka |
en_US |
dc.type |
Conference-Full-text |
en_US |
dc.identifier.faculty |
Engineering |
en_US |
dc.identifier.department |
Department of Civil Engineering |
en_US |
dc.identifier.year |
2014 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.conference |
9th Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation & the Environment |
en_US |
dc.identifier.place |
Colombo |
en_US |
dc.identifier.pgnos |
347-357 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.proceeding |
Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation & the Environment |
en_US |
dc.identifier.doi |
https://doi.org/10.31705/APTE.2014.32 |
en_US |