Understanding Travelers' Willingness to Participate in Crowd-Sourced Parcel Delivery Based on a Stated Adaptation Choice Experiment
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This study explores factors influencing travelers' willingness to participate in Crowd-sourced Parcel Delivery (CPD), an emerging concept blending passengers and parcel delivery services. To assess the feasibility and potential of crowdshipping, a stated adaptation choice experiment was conducted, offering two unlabeled options adapted with the reported trips of respondents, plus the possibility of rejecting the request. A random parameter logit model is employed to capture the variation in preference across individuals, providing insights into the heterogeneity of different types of travelers. The results reveal that socio-demographics, trip characteristics (such as transport modes and the number of trip legs), and CPD attributes (such as detours and monetary incentives) significantly influence CPD acceptance. These findings offer valuable guidance for designers and planners in the initial development of CPD platforms and can help to foster the success and future growth of crowdshipping initiatives.
Authors: Dianqing Zhou, Soora Rasouli, Melvin Wong
Institution: Eindhoven University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Building and Construction
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4416183492