The impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers.
This paper focuses on the impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. The main objective is to provide guidance for taxi scheduling on rainy days. To this end, we take the occupied and empty states of taxis as units of analysis. By matching a taxi's GPS data...
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| author | Dandan Chen Yong Zhang Liangpeng Gao Nana Geng Xuefeng Li |
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| description | This paper focuses on the impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. The main objective is to provide guidance for taxi scheduling on rainy days. To this end, we take the occupied and empty states of taxis as units of analysis. By matching a taxi's GPS data to its taximeter data, we can obtain the taxi's operational time and the taxi driver's income from every unit of analysis. The ratio of taxi operation time to taxi drivers' income is used to measure the quality of taxi passengers. The research results show that the spatio-temporal evolution of urban taxi service demand differs based on rainfall conditions and hours of operation. During non-rush hours, taxi demand in peripheral areas is significantly reduced under increasing precipitation conditions, whereas during rush hours, the demand for highly profitable taxi services steadily increases. Thus, as an intelligent response for taxi operations and dispatching, taxi services should guide cruising taxis to high-demand regions to increase their service time and ride opportunities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9e6921bdd93247539aa00c2ddf124ea02025-08-20T03:04:36ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01129e018357410.1371/journal.pone.0183574The impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers.Dandan ChenYong ZhangLiangpeng GaoNana GengXuefeng LiThis paper focuses on the impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. The main objective is to provide guidance for taxi scheduling on rainy days. To this end, we take the occupied and empty states of taxis as units of analysis. By matching a taxi's GPS data to its taximeter data, we can obtain the taxi's operational time and the taxi driver's income from every unit of analysis. The ratio of taxi operation time to taxi drivers' income is used to measure the quality of taxi passengers. The research results show that the spatio-temporal evolution of urban taxi service demand differs based on rainfall conditions and hours of operation. During non-rush hours, taxi demand in peripheral areas is significantly reduced under increasing precipitation conditions, whereas during rush hours, the demand for highly profitable taxi services steadily increases. Thus, as an intelligent response for taxi operations and dispatching, taxi services should guide cruising taxis to high-demand regions to increase their service time and ride opportunities.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0183574&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Dandan Chen Yong Zhang Liangpeng Gao Nana Geng Xuefeng Li The impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. PLoS ONE |
| title | The impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. |
| title_full | The impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. |
| title_fullStr | The impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. |
| title_short | The impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers. |
| title_sort | impact of rainfall on the temporal and spatial distribution of taxi passengers |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0183574&type=printable |
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