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When the ridehail simulator has loaded, click the arrow ("Play") button, above. The simulator runs entirely in your browser (not on a server), so you cannot break it and nobody tracks what you do.

The map shows a model city as a square of blocks. Ridehail vehicles drive the streets, waiting to be assigned a trip. When a passenger requests a trip, it is assigned to a vehicle, which takes them to their destination.

Choose a community Preset of village, town, or city to set a sample starting point.

Choose a Display of "Map" to show vehicles moving along the roads, or "Statistics" to show metrics such as wait times, how driver time is split between different activities, and driver earnings.

Set the Mode to "Simple" to focus on the basics of ridehail geometry, where all calculations are "per block". Set the Mode to "Costs & Incomes" to set fares and costs based on kilometers and minutes.

Press ? to see a list of keyboard shortcuts.

The simulation outcomes depend on many factors. Experiment with changing the size of the community, the number of vehicles, and the rate of requests. If you check "Free entry & exit" then drivers will enter the system if there is money to be made (over and above their 'reservation wage'), and leave if there is not. Choose "Costs & Incomes" to set fares and driver costs.

How do wait times, driver "busy" times, and incomes change with the ridehail environment? Set up a simulation here, then go to the What If? tab to explore how policy or other changes affect the outcomse.

For more information, click Read in the coloured title bar (under construction!). If things go wrong, press the "reset" button at the top left.