| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6749619 | International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology | 2017 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
We deploy and evaluate CountryRoads during the Chinese Spring Festival travel season (Chunyun period), when all forms of transportation are stressed or near saturation, and when many lower-income individuals fail to reserve seats for rail or flight trips. We present our design choices, analytics, and lessons learned from our multi-year deployment in 2012, 2014, and 2015. The improvements over the years resulted in up to 17,272 users, 4777 ridesharing tuples, and an eventual success rate of 23.2% in 2015. This is a significant result considering that most of our participants use CountryRoads as a last resort in response to public transportation shortages.
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Authors
Weiwei Jiang, Carlos Ruiz Dominguez, Pei Zhang, Max Shen, Lin Zhang,