Understanding Ride-Sharing Systems in Urban Areas: The Role of Location, Users and Barriers

The design and development of Ride-Sharing systems have been urged from the need to improve the performance of transportation systems in urban areas and promote sustainability. Ride-Sharing, if properly developed, has the potential to reduce the number of single-occupancy vehicles. Despite its significant potential, Ride-Sharing has demonstrated limited uptake so far, because of a set of barriers (technological and legal). This paper aims to provide a better understanding of Ride-Sharing systems in the EU by identifying its key components and exploring their potential relationships. The three key components that contribute to Ride-Sharing uptake and are studied in this paper are the location and the users of Ride-sharing systems and the potential barriers to their implementation. A systematic literature review on existing Ride-Sharing systems in the US and EU countries, reveals successful and unsuccessful cases of implemented Ride-Sharing systems. These systems are further analyzed in terms of technological, business and legal aspects, to provide an insight into local conditions and a better explanation regarding barriers of implementation due to legal and technological constraints. Furthermore, this research identifies Ride-Sharing users in EU countries in an attempt to relate their profiles to potential technological and legal barriers. Particular attention is given to studies for which the Ride-Sharing system is provided as a feeder for high-capacity transport services in less-densely populated and rural areas, to promote sustainable transportation. The research strategically links the three key components of Ride-Sharing systems and concludes with valuable recommendations for transportation planners to promote Ride-Sharing services beyond the user groups most likely to use them.

• Record URL:
  https://aetransport.org/past-etc-papers/conference-papers-2020
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used by permission of Association for European Transport.
• Corporate Authors:

  Association for European Transport (AET)

  1 Vernon Mews, Vernon Street, West Kensington
  London W14 0RL,    
• Authors:
  • Mitropoulos, Lambros
  • Kortsari, Annie
  • Aifadopoulou, Georgia
• Conference:
  • European Transport Conference 2020
  • Date: 2020-9-9 to 2020-9-11
• Publication Date: 2020

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 7p
• Monograph Title: European Transport Conference 2020

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casual carpooling; Implementation; Literature reviews; Location; Ridesharing; Sustainable transportation; Technological forecasting; Transportation planning; Travelers; Urban areas; Vehicle sharing
• Geographic Terms: European Union; United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01768545
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 2021 5:47PM