Connecting Low-Income People to Opportunity with Shared Mobility

In the last decade, shared mobility services have taken off across the United States as a complement to local public transit and an alternate to private car ownership. These services, which include car-share, bike-share and ride-share, maximize the use of vehicles by sharing them among multiple users, encourage more transport options, and aim to reduce transportation costs for users. While mass rapid transit moves the most people most efficiently and is the backbone for urban development, this paper is concerned mostly with recent advances in low-volume passenger carrier models in the United States. The report begins with an overview of the different shared mobility models, highlighting their benefits. It then provides an overview of the potential for and challenges of extending shared mobility strategies to low-income communities, from the perspectives of both potential users and system operators. The report then concludes with key findings and recommendations for the field. Information in this report is based on a review of over 60 articles and on interviews with more than 15 academics, government officials, and industry professionals.

• Record URL:
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• Summary URL:
  https://www.livingcities.org/resources/275-executive-summary-can-shared-mobility-help-low-income-people-access-opportunity
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2014 Michael Kodransky and Gabriel Lewenstein.
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• Authors:
  • Kodransky, Michael
  • Lewenstein, Gabriel
• Publication Date: 2014-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 41p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Literature reviews; Low income groups; Mobility; Recommendations; Ridesharing; Vehicle sharing
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01551463
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 27 2015 11:23AM