Seminar - Making Sense of Transportation Platforms
14 January 2025 09:00 till 12:30 | Add to my calendar
On January 14th 2025, TRAIL PhD researcher Arjan de Ruijter will defend his PhD thesis “Two-Sided Dynamics in Ridesourcing Markets” at Delft University of Technology. The defence is public, and you are invited to join.
Moreover, on the occasion of this public defence as well as of the 183rd Dies Natalis of TU Delft titled “Making Sense of Mobility”, TRAIL and TU Delft have set up a seminar on transportation platforms.
Ridesourcing providers such as Uber and Lyft have transformed the taxi industry through two-sided platforms that match travellers with private car owners using real-time algorithms. This business model has varied implications for stakeholders, such as greater convenience for users, income instability for drivers, competitive and regulatory challenges for platforms, and potential effects on congestion and emissions for communities. Limited public access to proprietary data hinders a comprehensive understanding of the complex supply-demand dynamics shaped by these systems. Similar challenges arise in freight platforms, connecting stakeholders like transport operators and shippers. Robust models need to be developed to inform policies that are essential to address the societal, economic, and environmental impacts of these platforms effectively.
Programme seminar
Chairman: Prof. dr. Oded Cats, TU Delft, Department of Transport & Planning (CEG)
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Door open (coffee will be served) |
| 09.15 – 09.30 | Opening and welcome |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Prof.dr.ir. Shlomo Bekhor, Technion, Israel |
| A general equilibrium model for multi-passenger ridesharing systems with stable matching | |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Dr. Kenan Zhang, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Analysing and quantifying economies of scale in on-demand mobility | |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Dr. Bilge Atasoy, TU Delft, Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics (ME) |
| Adaptive Transportation Systems with Supply-Demand Interactions | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Discussion and closing |
Registration
Participation is free, registration is required: click here.
(first come, first served)
Location
TU Delft, Aula Conference Centre
Public defence Arjan de Ruijter
At 12:30 h the public defence starts in the Senaatszaal of the Aula.
At 12:00 h Arjan de Ruijter will give a brief presentation about his research in the same room