Just a better taxi? A survey-based comparison of taxis, transit, and ridesourcing services in San Francisco

Transport Policy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 168-178

  Rayle, Lisa ^a   Dai, Danielle ^a,b   Chan, Nelson ^a   Cervero, Robert ^a   Shaheen, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible transport; On demand transport; Ridesharing; Shared mobility; Taxis; Transportation network companies (TNCs)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOBILITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TAXI TRANSPORT; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945895393     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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