# Towards Fair and Efficient allocation of Mobility-on-Demand resources through a Karma Economy

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07225 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.07225/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 10 Nov 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Towards Model-Free Learning in Dynamic Population Games: An Application to Karma Economies](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.11042/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Mobility-on-demand systems like ride-hailing have transformed urban transportation, but they have also exacerbated socio-economic inequalities in access to these services, also due to surge pricing strategies. Although several fairness-aware frameworks have been proposed in smart mobility, they often overlook the temporal and situational variability of user urgency that shapes real-world transportation demands. This paper introduces a non-monetary, Karma-based mechanism that models endogenous urgency, allowing user time-sensitivity to evolve in response to system conditions as well as external factors. We develop a theoretical framework maintaining the efficiency and fairness guarantees of classical Karma economies, while accommodating this realistic user behavior modeling. Applied to a simplified simulated mobility-on-demand scenario, we provide a proof-of-concept illustration of the proposed framework, showing that it exhibits promising behavior in terms of system efficiency and equitable resource allocation, while acknowledging that a full treatment of realistic MoD complexity remains an important direction for future work.