Interest of Shared Mobility and Emerging Vehicle Technologies in Rural America

While technology-enabled shared mobility services offer more mobility options in urban areas, they have the potential to be just as useful in rural and small-urban communities, and they could become the only available mobility service in some rural communities; these services could also lead to better, more effective transportation by working with local transit/transportation providers for improved resource distribution. Shared-use mobility services such as ridesourcing, bikesharing, and carsharing have also been introduced in a few rural communities and a fair number of small-urban communities. Input about the interest and potential willingness to use these services, and adoption of various emerging vehicle technologies, could help improve understanding and planning for appropriate shared mobility services to meet the transportation needs in rural and small-urban communities. Since the implementation of these services are in their initial stages through pilot studies in few communities, analyzing the interest and willingness to adopt various technologies and innovative transportation services by different demographic groups is important. Further, transit/transportation providers may offer unique insights about the potential for public private partnerships for innovative services and technologies to meet the mobility needs of rural and small-urban residents. The study objectives included to address the identified research needs include: (1) conduct comprehensive literature review of shared mobility implementations in rural and small-urban communities, summarize service impacts, and compile best practices for implementing shared mobility services in rural and small-urban communities; (2) analyze the interest and adoption patterns for shared mobility and emerging vehicle technologies in rural and small-urban communities; and (3) analyze data from the National Household Travel Survey to identify characteristics of shared mobility users in rural America.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=1109
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65991
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility
  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States 

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Godavarthy, Ranjit
  • Hough, Jill
• Publication Date: 2022-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 81p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Ridesourcing; Rural areas; Shared mobility; Surveys; Technological innovations; Vehicle sharing
• Identifier Terms: National Household Travel Survey
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01870323
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SURTCOM 22-15
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 23 2023 12:22PM