Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning Zhenhua Chen has published (with Xiaohong Ren, Chunhua Liu, Ting Dan, Jie Wu, and Fang Wang) “Are vehicle on-demand and shared services a favorable solution for the first and last-mile mobility: Evidence from China on Travel Behavior and Society” in Travel Behaviour and Society. 

Based on the research findings, we recommend that transportation planning and operation agencies should add ride-sourcing waiting and car-sharing parking sites at railway stations to further improve their advantages of flexibility and convenience. Meanwhile, attention should be paid to maintaining a healthy, safe and relaxed riding environment to facilitate VDSS usage. The equity issue of VDSS should also be addressed through strategies, such as providing special discounts or subsidies to certain lower-income user groups so that wider social groups may also enjoy such services. In terms of mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, further attention should be paid to improving a healthy and clean riding environment in VDSS to reduce the risk to public health.

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