Carsharing as active transport: What are the potential health benefits?

Kent, Jennifer

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2013.07.003

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“…Car sharing may potentially have a substitute function for private car driving and complement public transportation, as long as some conditions are met [12]. Furthermore, it was found to have a positive correlation with an increase of active travel, such as cycling and walking [37]. By reducing CO2 emissions [25], private car use and demand for parking areas, car sharing has the potential to offer a sustainable solution that covers environmental and societal issues in dense urban areas.…”

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Mobility styles and car sharing use in Europe: attitudes, behaviours, motives and sustainability

Ramos

Bergstad

Chicco

et al. 2020

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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What are the profiles of both users and non-users of car sharing in European cities regarding their travel patterns and psychological aspects? Two subsamples (1519 users and 3695 non-users of car sharing) participated in a survey, translated into seven languages, with 36 questions regarding attitudes towards car sharing, the environment, political orientation, personal norms, frequency of use of different transport modes and transport mode choice for different travel purposes. Through a hierarchical cluster analysis, five distinct mobility styles were identified, with no a priori restriction of the number of clusters. The mobility styles were further characterised by sociodemographic variables and by the motives for making use of car sharing. This paper discusses the implications of research based decision-making and urban planning in a way that guarantees long-term human and environmental security.

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Mobility styles and car sharing use in Europe: attitudes, behaviours, motives and sustainability

Ramos

Bergstad

Chicco

et al. 2020

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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“…Car sharing is arguably one of the more successful sustainable transport innovations of the past decade, with evidence suggesting that car sharing reduces rates of car ownership, frequency of car use and vehicle kilometres travelled (as reviewed by Kent (2013)). …”

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Practice and public–private partnerships in sustainable transport governance: The case of car sharing in Sydney, Australia

2015

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“…Studies, although not always publically funded and often based on data commissioned by car sharing firms (Kent, 2013), indicate that car and ride sharing lead to important reductions in car ownership and usage. It is estimated that the introduction of one shared car may lead to a reduction of between four to twenty or more owned cars (e.g.…”

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“…Shaneen and Cohen, 2007;Martin et al 2010;Siou et al, 2013), as well as reductions in travelled distances by car (e.g. Martin and Shaheen 2010;Kent, 2013) of up to 44% (Shaneen et al, 2009) and CO 2 -emissions in the range of 142-312kg per person per year (Haefeli et al, 2006;Wilke et al, 2007;Martin, et al, 2010). Trips in shared cars require better planning, possibly reducing the number of impulse trips.…”

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“…Additionally, as the fixed costs of vehicle ownership are replaced by variable costs, people may be more reflexive on estimating the necessity of each car trip and may better compare alternative transport modes (Duncan, 2011;Kent, 2013;Siou et al, 2013). However, car and ride sharing may also give those who would otherwise not be able or willing to afford access to a (second) car to do so (Litman, 2000;Kent, 2013). This was precisely the aim of the world's first car sharing schemes in the 20 th century (Hald et al 2010), possibly inducing car usage.…”

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The dynamics of urban metabolism in the face of digitalization and changing lifestyles: Understanding and influencing our cities

Lyons

Mokhtarian

Dijst

et al. 2018

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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The world's population continues to grow. With a trend of urbanisation apparent, increasing attention is now being given to understanding and shaping our cities to support an evolving society. Urban metabolism concerns the flows of material and non-material resources and wastes that characterise the functioning and sustainability of a city and which are fundamentally associated with human behaviour. This paper centres upon an examination of how the digital age is supporting and contributing to changing lifestyles and more particularly lifestyle expression. It shines a light on how a rapidly evolving telecommunications system is influencing, and has future potential to influence, how we participate in society with resultant consequences for urban stocks and flows. In particular, the paper considers the integration of digital technologies into everyday life (digitalization) and their influence both spatially and temporally on our engagement in working, leisure and shopping. It also considers the phenomenon of collaborative consumption in cities (whereby sharing of goods and services, facilitated by digitalization, creates yet further dynamics for urban metabolism). The paper reveals the highly complex and evolving nature of digitalization and collaborative consumption and associated challenges in defining, measuring and understanding the dynamics of human behaviour and social and business practices. In response to this it also considers the underpinning driver of urban metabolism -fulfilment of society's need or desire to access people, goods, services and opportunities. The paper outlines how different paths of urban development are now shaped by the inter-play between our land-use, transport and telecommunications systems and their use in terms of accessibility. Considerations for research and policymaking are highlighted which include the importance of addressing methodological issues in the face of a changing and uncertain future.2

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Carsharing as active transport: What are the potential health benefits?

Cited by 57 publications

References 64 publications

Mobility styles and car sharing use in Europe: attitudes, behaviours, motives and sustainability

Mobility styles and car sharing use in Europe: attitudes, behaviours, motives and sustainability

Practice and public–private partnerships in sustainable transport governance: The case of car sharing in Sydney, Australia

The dynamics of urban metabolism in the face of digitalization and changing lifestyles: Understanding and influencing our cities

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