Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 433-442Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2016.1266425
Keywords
Carsharing; equity; mobility; mode choice; sharing economy
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Carsharing programs have demonstrated a potential to significantly shift incentives with regard to private vehicle ownership. The advent of free-floating vehicle fleets has enabled providers to offer ubiquitous vehicle access in designated urban areas. The ability of users to choose where to drop off vehicles presents the possibility that the density of available vehicles in particular areas will be insufficient to supply a reasonable level of service to local residents. The current paper will use exclusive data on vehicle location from a free-floating carshare service that operates in ten U.S. cities. Analysis will relate the availability of vehicles to census tract demographics. Results show vehicles cluster in tracts that are disproportionately populated by residents who are educated, young, employed, and white. Carshare systems have received significant in-kind incentives from government to operate. The mobility benefits of free-floating carshare systems appear to accrue disproportionately to advantaged populations.
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