University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2018-01-01 Comparisons of Accessibility to Public Transit Stations by Ridesourcing and Its Competitors David Hoblík University of Texas at El Paso, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.utep.edu/open_etd Part of the Transportation Commons Recommended Citation Hoblík, David, "Comparisons of Accessibility to Public Transit Stations by Ridesourcing and Its Competitors" (2018). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 1452. https://digitalcommons.utep.edu/open_etd/1452 This is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UTEP. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UTEP. For more information, please contact [email protected]. COMPARISONS OF ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC TRANSIT STATIONS BY RIDESOURCING AND ITS COMPETITORS DAVID HOBLÍK Master’s Program in Civil Engineering APPROVED: Ruey Long Cheu, Ph.D., Chair Tomáš Horák, Ph.D. Carlos M. Ferregut, Ph.D. Charles Ambler, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Copyright © by David Hoblík 2018 Dedication I would like to dedicate this thesis to my grandmother PhDr. Ivana Marková who has encouraged me and helped me to study abroad. I would also like to dedicate this thesis to my family and friends that have always supported me and motivated me during my studies. COMPARISONS OF ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC TRANSIT STATIONS BY UBER AND ITS COMPETITORS by DAVID HOBLÍK, Bc. THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Department of Civil Engineering THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO May 2018 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my advisors Dr. Ruey Long Cheu and Dr. Tomáš Horák for their guidance, feedback and consultations. I would also like to thank Dr. Miroslav Svítek for providing me very helpful suggestions. v Declaration This thesis is an output of the Transatlantic Dual Master’s Degree Program in Transportation Science and Logistic Systems, a joint project between Czech Technical University, Czech Republic, The University of Texas at El Paso, U.S., and University of Žilina, Slovak Republic. This thesis is jointly supervised by the following faculty members: Ruey Long Cheu, Ph.D., The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Ing. Tomáš Horák, Ph.D., Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) vi I have no relevant reason against using this work in the sense of § 60 of Act No. 121/2000, on the copyright law. I declare that this Master’s thesis is my own work and that I list all references in compliance with ethical guidelines on elaboration of Master’s thesis. El Paso, Texas, USA May 1, 2018 …………………………… Bc. David Hoblík vii Abstract This thesis assesses the role of ridesourcing as a mode of first and last mile transport. Review of ridesourcing and taxi business models has been provided as well as a comparative review of laws and regulations regarding ridesourcing and taxi. A potential accessibility gravity based model and logit mode choice model have been applied to compare ridesourcing with other possible modes for first and last mile transport that serve a transit station in Prague, Czech Republic and a transit station in El Paso, Texas. Based on the results, recommendations for ridesourcing companies and local authorities and transportation systems managers are provided. viii Table of Contents Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................v Declaration ............................................................................................................................... vi Abstract .................................................................................................................................. viii Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................... ix List of Tables ........................................................................................................................... xi List of Figures ........................................................................................................................ xiii Chapter 1: Introduction ..............................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................1 1.2 Objective ..................................................................................................................12 1.3 Thesis outline ...........................................................................................................13 Chapter 2: Review of Business Models ...................................................................................15 2.1 Bike sharing ..............................................................................................................15 2.2 Taxi ...........................................................................................................................22 2.3 Ridesourcing companies ...........................................................................................25 Chapter 3: Review of Regulations in US and EU ....................................................................31 3.1 Bike sharing ..............................................................................................................31 3.2 Taxi ...........................................................................................................................31 3.3 Ridesourcing .............................................................................................................36 Chapter 4: Methodology ..........................................................................................................41 4.1 Accessibility ..............................................................................................................41 4.2 Modal split ................................................................................................................46 Chapter 5: Analysis of Accessibility of a Public Transportation Station in El Paso ...............48 5.1 Public transportation in El Paso ................................................................................48 5.2 Methodology specifics for El Paso study area ..........................................................51 5.3 Results in El Paso......................................................................................................55 Chapter 6: Analysis of Accessibility of a Public Transportation Station in Prague ................64 6.1 Public transportation in Prague .................................................................................64 6.2 Methodology specifics for Prague ............................................................................67 ix 6.3 Results in Prague.......................................................................................................72 Chapter 7: Comparison of Approaches to Improve First and last Mile Accessibility in El Paso and Prague .......................................................................................................................85 Chapter 8: Conclusions ............................................................................................................89 8.1 Summary of research ................................................................................................89 8.2 Recommendations .....................................................................................................89 8.3 Future research ..........................................................................................................90 References ................................................................................................................................92 Vita… .......................................................................................................................................96 x List of Tables Table 2.1: Taxi Fares in El Paso ................................................................................................... 24 Table 2.2: Taxi Fares in Prague .................................................................................................... 25 Table 5.1: Accessibility based on β, morning peak ...................................................................... 57 Table 5.2: Accessibility based on β, afternoon peak .................................................................... 58 Table 5.3: Accessibility based on value of travel time, morning peak ......................................... 59 Table 5.4: Accessibility based on value of travel time, afternoon peak ....................................... 59 Table 5.5: Modal split based on Alfa, morning peak .................................................................... 62 Table 5.6: Modal split based on Alfa, afternoon peak .................................................................. 62 Table 5.7: Modal split based on value of travel time, morning peak ............................................ 63 Table 5.8: Modal split based on value of travel time, afternoon peak .......................................... 63 Table 6.1 Overview of public transit routes in Prague ................................................................