Location- and time-dependent meeting point recommendations for shared interurban rides

authored by

Paul Czioska, Aleksandar Trifunović, Sophie Dennisen, Monika Sester

Abstract

Drivers offering spare seats in their vehicles on long-distance (interurban) trips often have to pick up or drop off passengers in cities en route. In that case, it is necessary to agree on a meeting point. Often, this is done by proposing well-known locations like train stations, which frequently induces unnecessary detours through the inner-city districts. In contrast, meeting points in the vicinity of motorways and arterial roads with good public transport connection can reduce driving time and mileage. This work proposes a location-based approach to enable a fast and automatic recommendation of suitable pick up (and drop off) points for drivers and passengers using a GIS workflow and comprehensive precomputation of travel times.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics

External Organisation(s)

Technische Universität Braunschweig
Clausthal University of Technology

Type

Article

Journal

Journal of Location Based Services

Volume

11

Pages

181-203

No. of pages

23

ISSN

1748-9725

Publication date

02.10.2017

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Signal Processing, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1080/17489725.2017.1421779 (Access: Unknown)