http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home Information and Resources on Ridesharing and Carpooling Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Real-Time Rides: The Smart Roadmap to Energy and Infrastructure Efficiency MIT/CMU Workshop Summary April 16 – 17, 2009 The MIT / CMU Real-Time Rides workshop took place at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 16th and 17th, 2009. The workshop was structured around topic-based sessions. The research team and select workshop attendees ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/05/04/workshop-discussion-summary/% Main Building Address: 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 MIT Campus Map Once you are at 77 Massachusetts Ave: Enter through the main doorway (large steps and columns) Take the hallway immediately to your right and take the second staircase on the right to the second level Turn right at the top of the stairs and you ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/04/14/logistical-information/% Friday, April 17, 2009 8:00 – 8:30 am: [Spofford Room, Building #1, Room #236 (1-236)] Continental Breakfast provided by the MIT Real-Time Rides Research Team 8:30 – 10:00 am: [Building #3, Room #343 (3-343)] Topic 4: Role of Technology Firms in Supporting Wider Rideshare Participation & Providing Multi-Modal Travel Information [Moderated by Jim Morris] 8:30 ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/04/13/friday-workshop-agenda/% Thursday, April 16, 2009 Workshop Introduction Presenter: Michael Messner, Seminole Capital Partners Title: Ridesharing: NOW is the Time Setting the Stage: Past and Present Rideshare Markets Presenter: Valerie Webb & Andrew Amey, MIT Title: Setting the Stage: Common Themes & Rideshare Trends Presenter: ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/04/13/workshop-presentation-abstracts/% Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:30 – 10:00 am: [Spofford Room, Building #1, Room #236 (1-236)] Registration/Continental Breakfast provided by the MIT Real-Time Rides Research Team 10:00 – 10:30 am: [Building #3, Room #343 (3-343)] Introduction: John Attanucci (MIT) and Michael Messner (Seminole Capital Partners) Introduction of Organizers Introduction of Participants Workshop Charge and Goals 10:30 – 11:00 ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/04/13/final-workshop-agenda/% Confirmed Attendees (37): Carl Gorringe, 511.org Rideshare / Gotalift Harvey Appelbe, Avego by Mapflow Jason Conley, Avego by Mapflow Marianne Tyrrell, British Consulate-General - Science and Innovation Team Neelangi Gunasekera, British Consulate-General - Science and Innovation Team Jim Gascoigne, Charles River Transportation Management Association Ted Selker, Prof - Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, Associate Director of Mobility Research Kursat ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/03/25/confirmed-workshop-attendees/% This summary is certainly not comprehensive, it is a simple tally of the trends described above. 1. Ridesharing has a strong cultural and social aspect to it. The largest group of ridesharers are family members or related individuals. The rideshare mode split among the Hispanic population is nearly twice the US ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/02/24/summary-of-carpool-trends/% It may surprise some to learn that ridesharing as a percentage of commute mode share in the US is relatively high compared to other developed countries. The table below shows the mode split for commute trips for the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. The US has a substantially higher ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/02/24/international-commute-mode-shares/% All of the statistics quoted thus far have been based on Home based Work (HBW) trips, or commute trips in other words. Looking at carpool and vehicle occupancy rates for all trips (including HBW) shows a very different story. According to the 2001 NHTS, multi-occupant vehicle trips (i.e. carpool trips) ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/02/24/non-commute-carpooling/% Vanpooling is a specialized form of ridesharing. It is somewhat unique in that it is almost always pre-planned (there are very few ‘ad hoc’ vanpools), and an employer or regional transit/transportation agency often manages it. Publicly operated vanpools are highly concentrated; while the National Transit Database identifies vanpools operating in ... http://ridesharechoices.scripts.mit.edu/home/2009/02/24/vanpools/%