Competition between public transportation system and private car in traveling to the city center using the game theory approach

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1 Isfahan University of Technology

2 Transportation Department, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

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This study investigates the competition between public transportation and private car. In this research, the game theory approach has been used to assess the competition between public transportation system and private car in traveling to the city center. Parking operator (for private cars) and public transport operator are considered as problem decision makers. The initial assumption is that the parking operator tends to maximize his own profits, while the public transport operator maximizes social welfare, which is a weighted sum of profit and consumer surplus. Parking operator and public transport operator determine their equilibrium prices. Travelers who are sensitive to fares, considering the utility of their trip, decide on the type of trip, and thus the amount of demand and the share of each mode is determined. In the same way, the effect of different policies on the public transit share has been studied and it is determined that cordon pricing policy and the two combined policies such as cordon pricing and increasing the subsidy, as well as cordon pricing and Providing bicycle facilities have the greatest impact on increasing the public transit share.

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Journal of Transportation Research

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Available Online from 11 November 2020

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