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    • Figure 1. 

      Flowchart of the methodology framework.

    • Figure 2. 

      Example of topic labeling.

    • Figure 3. 

      The tweet frequency each month.

    • Figure 4. 

      The graph of ridesharing trip time topic modeling. (a) The trend graph of topics based on all tweet data. (b) The trend graph of topics in the country group. (c) The trend graph of topics in gender groups. (d) The trend graph of topics in the age group.

    • Figure 5. 

      Volume of ridesharing sentiments associated with time series.

    • Figure 6. 

      Description and significant analysis of sentiment in each group. (a) The difference of sentiment among groups. (b) The difference of sentiment within and between groups pre- and amid-pandemic.

    • Data typeDescription
      Users' characteristicsGender, age, user name, user ID, followers.
      TimestampThe timestamp of each tweet publishes.
      LocationThe county and location of the user.
      TweetThe content of the tweet, the situation of the tweet (rewrite or not).
      Sample of the tweet before and after the filterBefore filter: @Uber### I like and miss # uberpull much, prices are odeeeeeeeeer cheaper #uber. https://t.co/OOLOYLexyC
      After filter: I like and miss uberpool, these prices are cheaper.

      Table 1. 

      Description of the Twitter data.

    • ItemLabelContentDescription
      Ridesharing trip time1Wait timeWait time for the car
      2Time costThe time cost from entering the car to ending the trip
      3Trip happen timeTrip time of day
      4PandemicTopic related to pandemic

      Table 2. 

      Description of labeled topics and their contents.

    • StepItemsBStad. E.WaldFreedomSig.Exp(B)95% CI
      1Intercept−0.480.1510.191.000.00
      Pandemic0.220.113.671.000.031.010.891.13
      Gender0.040.060.551.000.891.040.931.18
      Age−0.770.090.751.000.790.920.771.10
      Country0.330.124.451.000.021.121.011.23
      2Intercept−0.490.169.651.000.02
      Pandemic0.120.134.661.000.031.051.011.15
      Gender0.010.120.011.000.971.000.791.27
      Age0.090.672.121.000.121.110.961.26
      Country−0.180.093.481.000.021.010.991.22

      Table 3. 

      Result of the ridesharing regression based on the multi-logit model.