CAR SHARING IN LATIN AMERICA - EXAMINING PROSPECTS IN SANTIAGO

The promotoion of rational use of private cars is particularly important in cities in Latin America where pollution and congestion may be severe. The potential of car-sharing to even out car use across the day is described. Users pay only a proportion of the full costs of car ownership but are aware of the full costs of car use for each journey made. Sizeable proportions of the population may wish to use a car without having the income to own one outright. A study of annual vehicle ownership costs was carried out for Santiago, Chile to see if car-sharing would be competitive. The factors affecting competitiveness include the pricing structure for the car-sharing scheme and the use of comprehensive insurance or minimum third party insurance. In some cases, a taxi is more cost-effective for long duration trips where the vehicle is not required for a large proportion of the time. While a car-sharing scheme is financially attractive in Santiago, the status and prestige associated with vehicle ownership remains a powerful social force in the region. Car-sharing was also less cost-effective for longer leisure or tourism trips. High car crime rates also provide a disincentive to setting up a car-sharing scheme. Membership of a scheme running new cars would have environmental benefits if it reduced the number of older highly polluting cars on the road. Financing the start-up of a car-sharing scheme in Santiago is considered difficult. For the covering abstract see ITRD E123470.

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• Authors:
  • Zegras, C
  • GAKENHEIMER, R
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 156-75
• Monograph Title: CAR SHARING 2000 - A HAMMER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• Serial:
  • World Transport Policy & Practice
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eco-Logica Limited
  • ISSN: 1352-7614
  • Serial URL: https://www.worldtransportjournal.org/journal
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Developing countries; Economic factors; Economics; Financing; Low income groups; Operating costs; Taxicabs; Transportation; Vehicle sharing
• Geographic Terms: Chile; South America
• ITRD Terms: 1108: Car sharing; 8022: Chile; 150: Developing countries; 263: Economics of transport; 244: Financing; 2281: Low income; 221: Operating costs; 8104: South America; 1148: Taxi
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00984418
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2005 12:00AM