An Overview of Shared Mobility

Abstract

In a wider understanding, shared mobility can be defined as trip alternatives that aim to maximize the utilization of the mobility resources that a society can pragmatically afford, disconnecting their usage from ownership. Then, shared mobility is the short-term access to shared vehicles according to the user’s needs and convenience. The contributions and added value of this paper are to provide an up-to-date and well-structured review on the area of shared mobility to researchers and practitioners of the transport sector. Hence, this paper presents a bibliographical review of shared mobility and its diverse modalities, as an alternative to individual transportation, especially in cases of individual automobiles or short trips restricted to an urban city. The present literature review on shared modes of transportation has discovered that the introduction of these modes alone will not solve transportation problems in large cities, with elevated and growing motorization rates. However, it can among the strategies employed to help alleviate the problems caused by traffic jams and pollution by reducing the number of vehicles in circulation, congestions, and the urban emission of polluting gases. Thus, the implementation of shared mobility schemes offers the potential to enhance the efficiency, competitiveness, social equity, and quality of life in cities. This paper covers the fundamental aspects of vehicle and/or ride sharing in urban centers, and provides an overview of current shared mobility systems.

Flexible Mobility On-Demand: An Environmental Scan

“…Today, there is a significant positive psychological change toward shared mobility. This has partly been encouraged through sharing economy models in mobility, which has facilitated new transport solutions such as car sharing, ride sharing, bike sharing, and ride sourcing [39][40][41].…”

“…B2C is referred to as free-floating car-sharing, where users are not required to return the car to the pick-up location (i.e., a one-way trip is allowed). While P2C is where existing car owners rent their vehicles to others for a short period of time [41,46].…”

Is the Relationship between Transportation and Communications Industries Complementary or Substitutional? An Asian Countries-Based Empirical Analysis Using Input-Output Accounts

“…As information and communication technology (ICT) including the technologies, products, and applications that facilitate mobile internet access [1] has rapidly developed, the relationship between transportation and communications has been extensively discussed in the transportation area e.g., [1][2][3]. In the long-term perspective, their relationship can affect sustainable urban development in various ways [4].…”

Comfort First! Vehicle-Sharing Systems in Urban Residential Areas: The Importance for Everyday Mobility and Reduction of Car Use among Pilot Users

“…VSSs are frequently included in a wider urban planning strategy, often highlighting changed parking norms, to densify and reduce the number of parking spaces. Collaboration between construction companies, property owners, housing associations, municipalities and private actors has been pointed out as crucial to develop well-functioning concepts [8][9][10]. VSS and BSS (Bike-sharing systems) are often set up in pilot projects which reflects a recent trend of viewing cities as innovative sites for sustainability transitions [11,12].…”

“…In an overview of shared mobility, Machado et.al. [10] found that many users of mobility services are environmentally concerned and familiar with technological devices. The authors highlight that users put high demands on reliable, flexible, available, attractive and comfortable transport solutions that are not too expensive.…”