Abstract: A ridesharing vehicle, comprising a vehicle body; a communications interface within the vehicle body for wirelessly communicating with a remote server configured to electronically receive shared-ride requests from a plurality of users; at least one sensor associated with the vehicle body and configured to detect entry of passengers from the ridesharing vehicle; at least one processor within the vehicle body, the at least one processor being programmed to receive, via the communications interface, information about passengers to be picked up, the received information including a pick-up location and a scheduled number of passengers expected to be picked up at the pick-up location; after arriving at the pick-up location, receive from the at least one sensor a number of passengers actually picked up at the pick-up location; compare the actual number of passengers picked up at the pick-up location with the scheduled number of passengers; and initiate a remedial action when a difference exists between the schedule