Providing quality transit service to travelers is a constant challenge for transit agencies. The advent of fully-autonomous vehicles (AVs) and their inclusion in mobility service fleets may allow transit agencies to offer better service or reduce their own capital and operational costs. This study focuses on the problem of allocating...
Two recent developments in the transportation industry – shared-use mobility services and fully-autonomous vehicles (AVs) – have the potential to fundamentally transform urban mobility. Shared-use mobility services (e.g. Uber, Lyft, Via, Chariot, ZipCar, and Car2go) are already beginning to bridge the gap between personal vehicles and fixed-route transit service in...