Michael Donovan Todd

TL;DR: In this article, a shared vehicle system includes a central station, at least one vehicle distribution port facility and a plurality or fleet of vehicles, each having a vehicle subsystem, where the information is processed to select a vehicle from the fleet to allocate to the user at the port facility.

TL;DR: In this article, a system for sharing a fleet of vehicles among a plurality of users, where in preferred embodiments the shared vehicles are electrically powered, is described, and the system comprising a system control computer that assigns vehicles in response to requests by users, and monitors system performance, a computer subsystem through which users request vehicles for trips, and a vehicle subsystem within each vehicle that is in communication with the system control computers allowing the system controller computer to monitor the location and status of each vehicle in the vehicle sharing fleet.

TL;DR: In this paper, a shared vehicle system includes a central station, at least one vehicle distribution port facility and a plurality or fleet of vehicles, each having a vehicle subsystem, where the information is processed to select a vehicle from the fleet to allocate to the user at the port facility.

TL;DR: In this paper, a shared vehicle system includes a central station, at least one vehicle distribution port facility and a plurality or fleet of vehicles, each having a vehicle subsystem, where the information is processed to select a vehicle from the fleet to allocate to the user at the port facility.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the need for interoperability among shared-use vehicle service providers and transit operators (e.g., smart card access among carsharing organizations and transit fare collection via smart cards).