COMMUTER DEMAND FOR RIDESHARING SERVICES. ABRIDGMENT

Ridesharing has recently become one of the most discussed topics in the fields of transportation system management and energy conservation. It is increasingly being looked on by both public and private sectors as a short-term answer to a variety of economic and environmental ills. Ridesharing behavior is manifested in two distinct ways: Regular ridesharing refers to the adoption of shared commuting on an ongoing basis; emergency ridesharing is characterized by swift, but short-term, shifts from driving alone to pooling for the home-to-work trip. This paper characterizes both types of behavior and addresses the implications for providing assistance to commuters in both settings.

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• Authors:
  • Valk, Peter J
• Conference:
  • 60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 17-21
• Monograph Title: Current status of ridesharing activities
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 823
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuting; Energy conservation; Energy resources; Information dissemination; Ridesharing; Time duration; Transportation system management; Travel behavior
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis; Long term; Short term
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349095
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032652
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 28 1982 12:00AM