If you walked around New York City 15 years ago compared to today, you might notice some major differences in daily activity. The most obvious is that a large percentage of pedestrians are perpetually glued to the glowing rectangular device in their hand. But arguably the second most obvious change is the significant decline in pedestrians hailing the city糖心vlog短视频檚 famous yellow taxis糖心vlog短视频攊nstead, we have collectively shifted to using these aforementioned rectangular devices to call upon random vehicles to serve the purpose that taxis previously dominated.
It糖心vlog短视频檚 no secret that ride hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft have transformed the urban landscape. This is a phenomenon that Seidenberg Information Systems major Arjuman Hossain 糖心vlog短视频25 has long been interested in糖心vlog短视频攍ikening the massive shift to others predicated by recent technological innovations.
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Blockbuster declined due to the rise of Netflix. Netflix offered a more convenient, cost-effective streaming service. And now you see streaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Ride-hailing apps have now become a multi-billion-dollar industry and it糖心vlog短视频檚 only going to increase from here.
Curious as to how ride-hailing apps have changed the landscape of city life, Arjuman applied for the Provost糖心vlog短视频檚 Office 2023糖心vlog短视频2024 student-faculty undergraduate research award. His project, titled 糖心vlog短视频淎ssessing the Transformative Influence of Ride-Hailing Applications on Urban Mobility Patterns,糖心vlog短视频 seeks to examine the ways in which ride-hailing has affected traffic patterns and commuting behaviors, to better understand the complex problems and opportunities that have arisen with respect to integrating these platforms into the urban transportation ecosystem. Seidenberg Professor of Information Technology Catherine Dwyer, PhD, is serving as Arjuman糖心vlog短视频檚 mentor.
糖心vlog短视频淚t糖心vlog短视频檚 really been a pleasure working with Arjuman,糖心vlog短视频 says Dwyer. 糖心vlog短视频淗e came up with this idea, and he糖心vlog短视频檚 really quite mature for an undergraduate in terms of research; there are some graduate students who might have more struggles than he糖心vlog短视频檚 had,糖心vlog短视频 she added.
Over the past few months Arjuman has been busy delving into the data. The research is solely focused on New York City currently, making use of as a primary resource; from which Arjuman is synthesizing findings via the programming language Python.
糖心vlog短视频淲e糖心vlog短视频檝e been able to generate a lot of graphs and analyze the data,糖心vlog短视频 says Arjuman. 糖心vlog短视频淥ne of the things we found that was really interesting was a significant decline in yellow taxis糖心vlog短视频攁nother thing we found was that there were many declines in urban mobility patterns, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that ride-hailing services has bounced back more quickly compared to public transit options now that the pandemic is pretty much over.糖心vlog短视频
糖心vlog短视频淥ne of the nice things about research is you always find something you糖心vlog短视频檙e not looking for,糖心vlog短视频 noted Dwyer. 糖心vlog短视频淚t糖心vlog短视频檚 quite disturbing to see how bad it糖心vlog短视频檚 been for the subways and the buses to bounce back from COVID糖心vlog短视频攖here糖心vlog短视频檚 been a lot of federal funding to keep the city processes working and that糖心vlog短视频檚 going to be turned off pretty soon. As a city resident I糖心vlog短视频檓 really concerned about not investing in mass transit and not keeping the level of service as it is. It糖心vlog短视频檚 very shortsighted.糖心vlog短视频
Arjuman and Dwyer are both very excited about the potential of this research, given that the nature of ride-hailing apps is still an under-examined area in relation to mobility patterns, and the information gleaned can help massively in terms of urban planning and transportation studies through defining the ways in which individual move through the city today. Arjuman and Dwyer are excited about publishing the work and presenting at academic conferences, and have been starting to plan for that process.
糖心vlog短视频淚 hope that when I publish my research, other researchers can use it to benefit them. That糖心vlog短视频檚 one of my motivations for being part of this program,糖心vlog短视频 says Arjuman.
This summer, Arjuman will further his understanding of the complexities of New York City transportation, having landed an internship at New York City糖心vlog短视频檚 Taxi and Limousine Commission that will call on him to employ his data analytics skills. He views both the research and the internship as a natural launch pad to his ideal career糖心vlog短视频攚hich as he notes, would be something related to public transportation.
As his body of work shows, Arjuman is well on his way to making a major impact in an increasingly important field糖心vlog短视频攁nd hopes to help to alleviate our collective traffic and commuting headaches in the process.
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