Chapter 13 - Sharing strategies: carsharing, shared micromobility (bikesharing and scooter sharing), transportation network companies, microtransit, and other innovative mobility modes

Abstract: 

Shared mobility—the shared use of a vehicle, bicycle, or other mode—is an innovative transportation strategy that enables users to gain short-term access to transportation modes on an “as-needed” basis. It includes various forms of carsharing, bikesharing, scooter sharing, ridesharing (carpooling and vanpooling), transportation network companies (TNCs), and microtransit. Included in this ecosystem are smartphone “apps” that aggregate and optimize these mobility options, as well as “courier network services” that provide last mile package and food delivery. This chapter describes different models that have emerged in shared mobility and reviews research that has quantified the environmental, social, and transportation-related impacts of these services.

Author: 
Susan Shaheen, PhD, Adam Cohen, Nelson Chan, and Apaar Bansal
Publication date: 
January 1, 2020
Publication type: 
Book Chapter
Citation: 
Shaheen, S., Cohen, A., Chan, N., & Bansal, A. (2020). Chapter 13 - Sharing strategies: carsharing, shared micromobility (bikesharing and scooter sharing), transportation network companies, microtransit, and other innovative mobility modes. In Transportation, Land Use, and Environmental Planning. Location: Elselvier. UC Berkeley: Transportation Sustainability Research Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815167-9.00013-X. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0z9711dw