Why and how should public authorities support shared mobility? Shared mobility has the potential to substantially reduce congestion and polluting, if embedded in appropriate policies. Authorities need to encourage shared solutions such as “Mobility as a Service” that bridge the last…
Who uses shared mobility solutions and what is its future growth potential? Although shared mobility solutions are very diverse, existing work indicates that their ‘typical’ users have some key common features: they tend to be well-educated young adults living in urban areas; who don’t…
Barriers to the uptake of shared mobility Shared transport solutions face a series of barriers, such as the establishment of trust relationships between strangers – a key requirement for a platform that brokers sharing transactions. The sign up process…
Shared, automated and electric mobility and transport pricing Currently, the allocation of congested road space does not take into account drivers’ valuation of time. Some shared transportation solutions (such as carsharing and ridesourcing) however contain elements of dynamic pricing, where…
Shared mobility and accessibility Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) has been used to offer accessibility to mobility impaired people, to people living in rural areas and to the urban poor. However, the cost of provision of DRT…
How shared and automated mobility will shake up the market for parking space The economic and environmental costs of parking spaces for cars are huge. Shared mobility is already affecting this market, and the effects will become more pronounced when automated and electric cars become…
Harnessing the combined strengths of shared mobility and high capacity public transit is key to the future of mobility Shared mobility can bridge the last and the first mile in a transport chain, and thus act as a complement to public transit. However, shared mobility could also turn out to be…
Evolving mobility As mobility is evolving more into a service, we are seeing an increase in additional layers of service, content and commerce that bring value or vitality to the journey. Some argue that…
Do shared modes lead to more or to less competition in urban mobility? Due to increasing economies of scale, public transport services in urban areas tend to a ‘natural monopoly’. In taxi markets, there are also important barriers to competition. Most shared modes use platforms…