ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on developing an analytical model for assessing the probability of obtaining a suitable ride, which to our knowledge has not been developed in the existing literature. The emergence of applications that utilize the so-called collaborative economy, such as Uber and Airbnb, is increasingly viewed in a favorable light compared with existing service models they seek to disrupt. The positive economic prospect has also resulted in a surge in research efforts to tackle various aspects of ridesharing and carpooling concepts. The “commons” refers to any resource that is collectively owned or shared by the community. In the past, these were typically natural resources, such as the water supply of a village, fisheries, grazing grounds, or forests. A key metric that determines the suitability of using the transport commons is service dependability. A major contributor to service dependability is the probability that passengers find suitable rides to their destinations.
