Integrating Shared-Use Vehicles: Building the Next Generation of Transit

This paper serves as an introduction to practitioners on shared use vehicles and several strategies to implement and integrate shared use vehicles into an existing transit or transportation network. The shared use vehicles identified are ride sharing, car sharing and bike sharing. The history and current market of each mode is reviewed. The paper includes a review of research on transit integration. The integration methods suggested are integration through street infrastructure, the fare card and information technology. Challenges of each integration method are reviewed and several case studies are explored. A policy implementation chart is included to guide practitioners in municipal government to implement an integrated transportation system that includes shared use vehicles. Policy suggestions include advocacy, coalition building, and infrastructure improvements. Short term and long term suggestions are included as well as challenges. This integrated approach being studied by researchers should begin to be implemented by policy makers and those in field. It is only through implementation and experimentation that researchers and practitioners know what will ultimately be successful. An integrated approach of shared use vehicles, transit, freight and land use is the process by which we fill the world’s empty seats and create a more sustainable and long lasting transportation system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP020 Emerging and Innovative Public Transport and Technologies
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Alpert, Lauren
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
• Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p
• Monograph Title: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Case studies; Infrastructure; Intermodal transportation; Land use; Policy making; Public transit; Ridesharing; Vehicle sharing
• Candidate Terms: Shared-use vehicle systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01475221
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 13-1332
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 14 2013 9:36AM