Using MATSim to simulate carpooling and car-sharing trips

The car still represents the bulk of urban transport in large cities. However the weight of the car tends to be reduced as a result of public policies, the emergence of new transport alternatives and the increasing cost of use of private vehicles. Public transport are not enough to resolve the problems of urban mobility and soft modes (walking and cycling) being relevant only for short distances and mild weather conditions. Nowadays, the collaborative models (carpooling and car-sharing) are increasingly popular and appear among the possible solutions. In this paper, we present new extensions of MATSim to support modeling and simulating carpooling and car-sharing trips. The new modules are totally integrated in MATSim and we carried out a validation study of our results with real data collected in the Grater Region.