ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ea.2025.10.002
Challenges and Approaches to Transportation Safety in Platform-based Mobility
Siqi You
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA.
*Corresponding author: Siqi You
Published: October 22,2025
Abstract
Transportation is a cornerstone of the United States’ social and economic infra-structure. As one of the largest and most vehicle-dependent countries in the world, the U.S. faces enormous challenges in maintaining and improving road safety. As of 2023, the United States had over 290 million registered private and commercial motor vehicles, with industry analyses estimating nearly 298.7 million across all vehicle classes by early 2025. With such a vast fleet, even minor inefficiencies or lapses in compliance can lead to system-wide issues, from preventable accidents to economic losses and public resource strain. With the rapid growth of platform-based mobility services such as ridesharing and vehicle rentals, traditional traffic safety governance models are under pressure. The dynamic nature of fleet operations, characterized by large numbers of drivers and vehicles, dispersed across wide regions, presents new challenges in compliance management, identity verification, and risk control. This paper analyzes common transportation safety risks in modern mobility platforms and explores systematic approaches to addressing them, including dynamic eligibility models, automated document handling, unified identity services, and location-adaptive rule engines. It concludes by proposing that platform-based safety governance should move toward being proactive, data-driven, and scalable.
Keywords
Platform-based mobility; Transportation safety; Dynamic eligibility; Automated compliance; Identity verification; Risk-based governance; Scalable policy systems
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How to cite this paper
Challenges and Approaches to Transportation Safety in Platform-based Mobility
How to cite this paper: Siqi You. (2025). Challenges and Approaches to Transportation Safety in Platform-based Mobility. Engineering Advances, 5(4), 144-148.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ea.2025.10.002