Before revision: The user cost of ridesplitting services is lower than the cost of regular ridesourcing services, since the riders are sharing one ride and splitting the associated costs.
After revision: Alonso-Mora, J., Samaranayake, S., Wallar, A., Frazzoli, E.Rus, D. (2017) "On-demand high-capacity ride-sharing via dynamic trip-vehicle assignment" PNAS 114 (3) 462-467The user cost of ridesplitting services is lower than the cost of regular ridesourcing services, since the riders are sharing one ride and splitting the associated costs.