Prédhumeau, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-2003-1432 and Manley, E. orcid.org/0000-0002-8904-0513 (2025) Agent-based modelling of older adult needs for autonomous mobility-on-demand: a case study in Winnipeg, Canada. Transportation. ISSN 0049-4488
Abstract
As the populations continue to age across many nations, ensuring accessible and efficient transportation options for older adults has become an increasingly important concern. Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand (AMoD) systems have emerged as a potential solution to address the needs faced by older adults in their daily mobility. However, estimation of older adult mobility needs, and how they vary over space and time, is crucial for effective planning and implementation of such service, and conventional four-step approaches lack the granularity to fully account for these needs. To address this challenge, we propose an agent-based model of older adults mobility demand in Winnipeg, Canada. The model is built for 2022 using primarily open data, and is implemented in the Multi-Agent Transport Simulation toolkit. After calibration to accurately reproduce observed travel behaviours, a new AMoD service is tested in simulation and its potential adoption among Winnipeg older adults is explored. The model can help policy makers to estimate the needs of the elderly populations for door-to-door transportation and can guide the design of AMoD transport systems.
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Keywords: | Ageing population, Travel demand, MATSim simulation, Shared autonomous vehicle, Demand-responsive transportation, Multi-agent systems |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/T012587/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2025 15:29 |
Last Modified: | 18 Feb 2025 15:29 |
Published Version: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11116-0... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11116-025-10590-0 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:223436 |
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