Modelling virus spreading in ride-pooling networks
Authors:
- Rafał Kucharski,
- Oded Cats,
- Julian Sienkiewicz
Abstract
Urban mobility needs alternative sustainable travel modes to keep our pandemic cities in motion. Ride-pooling, where a single vehicle is shared by more than one traveller, is not only appealing for mobility platforms and their travellers, but also for promoting the sustainability of urban mobility systems. Yet, the potential of ride-pooling rides to serve as a safe and effective alternative given the personal and public health risks considerations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is hitherto unknown. To answer this, we combine epidemiological and behavioural shareability models to examine spreading among ride-pooling travellers, with an application for Amsterdam. Findings are at first sight devastating, with only few initially infected travellers needed to spread the virus to hundreds of ride-pooling users. Without intervention, ride-pooling system may substantially contribute to virus spreading. Notwithstanding, we identify an effective control measure allowing to halt the spreading before the outbreaks (at 50 instead of 800 infections) without sacrificing the efficiency achieved by pooling. Fixed matches among co-travellers disconnect the otherwise dense contact network, encapsulating the virus in small communities and preventing the outbreaks.
- Record ID
- CUTb095c928199e4cb283aa44669a848763
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Scientific Reports, ISSN , e-ISSN 2045-2322, Weekly
- Issue year
- 2021
- Vol
- 11
- Pages
- [1-11]
- Article number
- 7201
- Other elements of collation
- rys.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 9-10; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 48; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Streszcz. ang.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 11
- Keywords in English
- virus spreading, ride-pooling, epidemic models
- DOI
- DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-86704-2 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86704-2 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 140
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUTb095c928199e4cb283aa44669a848763/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUTb095c928199e4cb283aa44669a848763
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