Rideshare use among people with disabilities: Patterns and predictors based on a large nationally representative survey
People with disabilities have more difficulty getting around due to lack of transportation. Rideshare has the potential to improve mobility by addressing many limitations of fixed-route and paratransit services. However, it is unclear whether people with disabilities have access to and are benefiting from rideshare or how those benefits differ by type of disability. The purpose of this study was to examine rideshare use among people with disabilities and identify personal, household, and community characteristics associated with adoption and frequency of rideshare use. The authors leveraged data from the most recent US National Household Travel Survey and ran regression models to study the separate processes of adoption and frequency. They found that having a disability of any type was associated with a lower likelihood of adopting rideshare. However, among those who do adopt rideshare, having any type of disability was associated with higher rate of trip taking compared to people without disabilities. Higher frequency of rideshare use among people with disabilities was associated with being in better health, being younger, Black, better educated, employed or student, and living in densely populated areas. The results show how rideshare behavior differs for people with disabilities compared to those without and the role of assistive devices used by people with different types of disabilities. To develop rideshare as an equitable mobility option, transportation planners, policy makers, disability advocates, and the rideshare industry need to address both the lack of access to rideshare and the socio-economic factors impacting rideshare use among people with disabilities.
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- © 2022 Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Eisenberg, Yochai
- Hofstra, Amy
- Tilahun, Nebiyou
- Shanley, Judy
- Publication Date: 2022-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 246-256
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Serial:
- Travel Behaviour and Society
- Volume: 29
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 2214-367X
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2214367X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Equity; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Ridesharing; Travel behavior
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01855607
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 24 2022 9:28AM