Abstract
One of the worst traffic problems today is the existence of huge traffic jams in almost any big city, produced by the large number of commuters using private cars. This problem has led to an increase in research on the optimization of vehicle occupancy in urban areas as this would help to solve the problem that most cars are occupied by single passengers. The solution of sharing the available seats in cars, known as carpooling, is already available in major cities around the world. However, carpooling is still not considered a safe and reliable solution for many users. With the widespread use of mobile technology and social networks, it is possible to create a trust-based platform to promote carpooling through a convenient, fast and secure system. The main objective of this work is the design and implementation of a carpool system that improves some important aspects of previous systems, focusing on trust between users, and on the security of the system. The proposed system guarantees user privacy and measures trust levels through a new reputation algorithm. In addition to this, the proposal has been developed as a mobile application for devices using the Android Open Source Project.
Highlights
The recent and rapid increase in the number of vehicles has led to growing pollution, especially in large cities
To the best of our knowledge, no existing carpooling proposal offers a quantitative method based on the theory of six degrees of separation to decide if two users should trust each other to share a car or not
This paper proposes a new system to increase the safety and reliability of existing carpooling systems, in order to overcome the psychological barrier that slows down the use of many potential users of carpooling
Summary
The recent and rapid increase in the number of vehicles has led to growing pollution, especially in large cities. A related but different approach, known as carsharing, is based on collective fleets of cars that can be temporally rented by multiple users, but such a solution does not solve the aforementioned problem because it does not imply that users share the vehicle at the same moment. The proposed solution first allows the establishment of trust between drivers and passengers through reputation accounting, and, second, protects the privacy of all users This is the main aim of this work, but there are others related to carpooling such as route optimization or enhancement of cooperation, which are not addressed here.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
