Ride-hailing in Santiago de Chile: Users’ characterisation and effects on travel behaviour

In this paper, an in-depth examination of the use of ride-hailing (ridesourcing) in Santiago de Chile is presented based on data from an intercept survey implemented across the city in 2017. First, a sociodemographic analysis of ride-hailing users, usage habits, and trip characteristics is introduced, including a discussion of the substitution and complementarity of ride-hailing with existing public transport. It is found that (i) ride-hailing is mostly used for occasional trips, (ii) the modes most substituted by ride-hailing are public transport and traditional taxis, and (iii) for every ride-hailing rider that combines with public transport, there are 11 riders that substitute public transport. Generalised ordinal logit models are estimated; these show that (iv) the probability of sharing a (non-pooled) ride-hailing trip decreases with the household income of riders and increases for leisure trips, and that (v) the monthly frequency of ride-hailing use is larger among more affluent and younger travellers. Car availability is not statistically significant to explain the frequency of ride-hailing use when age and income are controlled; this result differs from previous ride-hailing studies. The authors position their findings in this extant literature and discuss the policy implications of their results to the regulation of ride-hailing services in Chile.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.07.008
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X1830814X
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Tirachini, Alejandro
  • del Río, Mariana
• Publication Date: 2019-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 46-57
• Serial:
  • Transport Policy
  • Volume: 82
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0967-070X
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/096707X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand responsive transportation; Logits; Mode choice; Public transit; Ridesourcing; Taxi services; Travel behavior
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ridehailing
• Geographic Terms: Santiago (Chile)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01717210
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 18 2019 5:14PM