Perceptions of Peer-to-Peer Carsharing in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA

Peer-to-peer carsharing is an example of the growing “sharing economy,” in which owners of vehicles can use a third-party smartphone application (app) to rent out their idle cars to users for a fee. Major advancements in smartphone apps and location-based features have facilitated tremendous growth of “collaborative consumption”—the sharing of resources and services by a group of people. An innovative approach to collaborative consumption are peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing services, such as home sharing (e.g., Airbnb), equipment sharing (e.g., JustShareIt), ridesharing (e.g., Zimeride), and finally, carsharing (e.g., RelayRides). Carsharing differs from on-demand ride services, also known as transportation network companies (TNCs) or “ridesourcing,” which use apps to connect community drivers with passengers. With risesourcing, a passenger is driven in a privately owned vehicle by the owner of that vehicle.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
• Authors:
  • Shaheen, Susan
  • Bansal, Apaar
• Publication Date: 2015-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 39-42
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Ridesharing; Smartphones; Vehicle sharing; Web applications
• Geographic Terms: San Francisco Bay Area
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01577362
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 2015 2:47PM