Ride and bike share companies have an interest in optimizing trips involving multi-modal transit. To make these services more user-friendly and efficient, we proposed that transit data should be integrated into them. Providing transit data to rideshare drivers in particular would increase their productivity and profits. To develop a plan for partnership between these companies and our sponsor, we developed pricing models and assessed how the APIs would work together. A tiered subscription model with a free trial base became the pricing structure of choice for a partnership with ridesharing company Uber, following research and discussions with our sponsor. Despite initial promise, we ruled out bike sharing as a possibility due to limited digital architecture and weaker financial incentives.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Wald, Alexander
• Watson, Sean A
• Mahurkar, Sagar
• Vigeant, Robert C

Subject

• Industry
• Sustainability
• Computing
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-011916-185906

Stichwort

• Entrepreneurship
• Electronic data processing
• Cycling

Advisor

• Currier, Blake Hoag

Year

• 2016

Sponsor

• Scott Kolber
• Roadify

Date created

• 2016-01-19

Ort

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright