The New Automobility: Lyft, Uber and the Future of American Cities
This report examines transportation network companies (TNCs), microtransit companies, and their impacts on urban transportation. Topics include: TNC trips and ridership volumes including data for select cities; Demographics of TNC users; Traffic impacts of TNCs and impact on vehicle ownership; TNC and microtransit as extensions of public transit, including a look at various publicly-subsidized TNC pilot programs; and Strategies for congestion management. The report concludes with a discussion of the integration of autonomous vehicles and TNCs and the need for public policy to plan for shared autonomous vehicles.
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Corporate Authors:
Schaller Consulting
94 Windsor Place
Brooklyn, New York United States 11215 -
Authors:
- Schaller, Bruce
- Publication Date: 2018-7-25
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 41p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Cities; Demographics; Impacts; Intelligent vehicles; Paratransit services; Policy; Public transit; Ridership; Ridesourcing; Traffic congestion; Vehicle sharing
- Uncontrolled Terms: Microtransit
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01689039
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 18 2018 3:05PM