Last-mile deliveries contribute to a drastic 28% of the total cost of shipping. Recent technological advancements enable recipients to participate in these deliveries, relieving the cost of this final leg of the supply chain. We present a stylized model to analyze recipient-dependent routing...

Parking supply and demand are often imbalanced in urban areas, causing adverse consequences such as excessive search times and long walking distances. Many parking authorities price parking as a demand management strategy by charging either a fixed daily fee or an hourly price for parking. An...

On-demand ride-hailing services are becoming a ubiquitous means of mobility in major cities. While convenient and accessible, they are costly for many, and thus ride-hailing providers are often offering pooling options that allow passengers to share a ride and split the fare. The downside of...

Many individuals infected with the novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) suffer from intestinal infection as well as respiratory infection. These COVID-19-suffering individuals shed virus in their stool, resulting in municipal sewage systems carrying the virus and its genetic remnants. These viral...

Problem definition: Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are predicted to enter the consumer market in less than a decade. There is currently no consensus on whether their presence will have a positive impact on users and society. The skeptics of automation foresee increased congestion, whereas the...

Autonomous vehicles can profoundly change parking behavior in the future. Instead of searching for parking, autonomous vehicle owners get dropped off at their final destination and send their occupant-free cars to a parking spot. In this paper, we study the impact of parking in a bi-class...