Shared mobility and urban form impacts: a case study of peer-to-peer (P2P) carsharing in the US

Abstract

This paper advances the understanding of peer-to-peer (P2P) carsharing within the broader context of shared mobility and its connection to the built environment in the US through a survey conducted in 2014 (n = 1,151). Eleven percent of respondents used carpooling/ridesharing more, and 19% avoided a vehicle purchase due to P2P vehicle access in urban areas. Nevertheless, P2P carsharing has the potential to operate in a range of land-use environments and could be an important strategy to further deemphasize car ownership. Additionally, as the deployment of automated vehicles (AVs) is examined, sharing of privately owned AVs could mirror current P2P carsharing dynamics in important ways.

Does free-floating carsharing reduce private vehicle ownership? The case of SHARE NOW in European cities

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Sustainable Mobility: A Review of Possible Actions and Policies

“…A simulation model was proposed in [306] to analyze and improve the peer-to-peer service. Shaheen et al [307] studied peer-to-peer dynamics in the USA also considering the usage of automated vehicles. Travel behavior was analyzed in [308], where it resulted that vehicle owners tend to decrease travel distance and to move further using other modes.…”

Are Shared Vehicles Shared by All? A Review of Equity and Vehicle Sharing

“…A 2004 survey of carshare members in the United States and Canada found that 87 percent of the members were white (Burkhardt and Millard-Ball 2006), similar to the rate found among early adopters in Philadelphia (Lane 2005). A recent survey of P2P carshare members, a relatively new service in the United States, also found that whites were overrepresented (as well as Asians), while African Americans and Latinos were underrepresented relative to the population (Shaheen, Martin, and Bansal 2018). Studies in Ithaca (New York) and Portland (Oregon) found that the share of white members was comparable to the population, though that was predominantly white (Dotson and Blair 2011; Dill, McNeil, and Howland 2017).…”