The fast and often chaotic urbanization of the developing world generates both economic
opportunity and challenges, like contagious disease and congestion, because proximity …

We study partisan differences in Americans' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Political
leaders and media outlets on the right and left have sent divergent messages about the …

This research examines whether transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber
and Lyft, live up to their stated vision of reducing congestion in major cities. Existing …

Large cities worldwide suffer from traffic congestion, leading to huge economic, social, and
environmental costs. 1 Various measures have been taken, spanning congestion pricing …

Developing country megacities suffer from severe road traffic congestion, yet the level of
congestion is not a direct measure of equilibrium inefficiency. I study the peak‐hour traffic …

Could a widespread proliferation of ridesharing services mitigate or exacerbate the carbon
footprint of urban passenger transport? Despite having profound policy implications, this …

We develop a methodology to estimate robust city-level vehicular speed indices, exactly
decomposable into uncongested speed and congestion. We apply it to 180 Indian cities …

Many governments have implemented social distancing and lockdown measures to curb the
spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Using province-level geolocation data from …

Problem definition: Early research has documented significant growth in ride-hailing
services worldwide and allied benefits. However, growing evidence of their negative …

Many cities in the developing world have implemented the driving restriction policy to
address transport-related problems (eg, traffic congestion and air pollution). However, the …