Next Generation Mobility Systems

Shared Mobility

Our group focuses on the design and management of shared mobility systems that make ride pooling a practical and attractive alternative to private car travel. Much of our work examines how peer-to-peer ridesharing markets can grow and remain stable, exploring matching algorithms, incentive structures, and pricing strategies that increase participation and reliability. Our primary aim is to understand and improve the core dynamics of shared rides themselves—how trips are formed, how drivers and passengers are coordinated, and how these systems can scale sustainably. By combining rigorous modeling with insights into traveler behavior, we seek to create shared transportation networks that are efficient, resilient, and broadly accessible.

Key publications Example projects
Illustration of curbspace management

Technical approach

Optimizaiton, Mechanism Design, Microsimulation.

Example projects

  • CAREER: Peer-to-Peer Models and Mechanisms for the Next Generation of Transportation Systems
  • MIDAS: Reinventing Public Urban Transportation and Mobility
  • Design and Operation of Efficient and Budget-Balanced Shared-Use Mobility Systems
  • University of Michigan Smart and Healthy Cities Initiative: Optimization of Fixed and On-Demand Transportation Services in Benton Harbor
  • Enhancing Network Equilibrium Models for Capturing Emerging Shared-Use Mobility Services <\li>
  • Predicted Dynamic Routing Design

Key publications