On-demand people and parcels shared mobility: an environmental, economic, and service evaluation

IF 4.4 2区工程技术 Q2 BUSINESS

Research in Transportation Business and Management Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI:10.1016/j.rtbm.2025.101525

Francesco Cavina , Giovanni Garola , Arianna Seghezzi , Chiara Siragusa , Riccardo Mangiaracina , Alessandro Perego

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Abstract

Municipalities face increasing challenges due to the growing complexity of urban mobility and the rising volume of e-commerce deliveries, leading to significant social and environmental concerns. Herein we propose and evaluate an on-demand shared mobility service that combines passenger and parcel transportation, leveraging route commonalities to enhance efficiency. Using an agent-based simulation, the proposed service is compared against two alternatives: (1) a shared on-demand mobility service for passengers only (taxi model), and (2) a combined service with traditional van-based parcel delivery. The comparison is based on profit, environmental sustainability, and service quality. Results show that the proposed solution offers the highest environmental benefits while remaining profitable for logistics providers and cost-effective for customers. Academically, this research contributes to the share-a-ride literature by exploring a novel integrated logistics model. From an industry perspective, it presents and evaluates an innovative shared solution with demonstrated benefits for all stakeholders.

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按需人员和包裹共享移动：环境、经济和服务评估

由于城市交通的日益复杂和电子商务交付量的不断增加，市政当局面临着越来越多的挑战，导致了重大的社会和环境问题。在此，我们提出并评估了一种按需共享移动服务，将乘客和包裹运输结合起来，利用路线共性来提高效率。利用基于智能体的仿真，将所提出的服务与两种替代方案进行比较：(1)仅为乘客提供的按需共享移动服务（出租车模型），以及(2)与传统的基于货车的包裹递送的组合服务。比较的依据是利润、环境可持续性和服务质量。结果表明，提出的解决方案提供了最高的环境效益，同时保持盈利的物流供应商和成本效益的客户。在学术上，本研究通过探索一种新型的集成物流模型，对拼车文献做出了贡献。从行业的角度来看，它提出并评估了一个创新的共享解决方案，并证明了所有利益相关者的利益。

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Research in Transportation Business and Management Multiple-

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7.10

自引率

8.30%

发文量

175

期刊介绍： Research in Transportation Business & Management (RTBM) will publish research on international aspects of transport management such as business strategy, communication, sustainability, finance, human resource management, law, logistics, marketing, franchising, privatisation and commercialisation. Research in Transportation Business & Management welcomes proposals for themed volumes from scholars in management, in relation to all modes of transport. Issues should be cross-disciplinary for one mode or single-disciplinary for all modes. We are keen to receive proposals that combine and integrate theories and concepts that are taken from or can be traced to origins in different disciplines or lessons learned from different modes and approaches to the topic. By facilitating the development of interdisciplinary or intermodal concepts, theories and ideas, and by synthesizing these for the journal''s audience, we seek to contribute to both scholarly advancement of knowledge and the state of managerial practice. Potential volume themes include: -Sustainability and Transportation Management- Transport Management and the Reduction of Transport''s Carbon Footprint- Marketing Transport/Branding Transportation- Benchmarking, Performance Measurement and Best Practices in Transport Operations- Franchising, Concessions and Alternate Governance Mechanisms for Transport Organisations- Logistics and the Integration of Transportation into Freight Supply Chains- Risk Management (or Asset Management or Transportation Finance or ...): Lessons from Multiple Modes- Engaging the Stakeholder in Transportation Governance- Reliability in the Freight Sector