Ride-hailing, travel behaviour and sustainable mobility: an international review

Tirachini, Alejandro

doi:10.1007/s11116-019-10070-2

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“…This finding is similar to other studies in the context of the global south, like in the MENA [54,55] and the African context [56]. One of the reasons is that women feel more secure in the ridesourcing travels than other modes, which is reported in other studies by Rizk et al (2018) in Egypt [54] and Tirachini (2017) in Chile [17]. Additionally, the findings indicate that regular ridesourcing users have significantly more monthly household income than non-regular users in Cairo and Tehran.…”

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“…Brown (2017) showed that in Los Angeles, the ridesourcing services were used more in lower-income areas, with a higher percentage of families with no cars [60]. However, some social perceptions of shared ridesourcing should be considered, such as women may not prefer to share their ridesourcing with strangers in these two cities as it is reported in the other similar studies in Brazil and the American cities [17,61,62].…”

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confidence: 74%

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The Relationship between Regular Use of Ridesourcing and Frequency of Public Transport Use in the MENA Region (Tehran and Cairo)

2020

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Despite the growing share of ridesourcing services in cities, there is limited research about their impacts on other transport mode choices in the large cities of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There is a debate about whether ridesourcing affects the frequent use of sustainable modes like public transport. This study uses the results of a large-scale series of face-to-face interviews in Tehran and Cairo to study the relationship between the regular use of ridesourcing and the frequency of public transport use. Descriptive statistics and logit regression are used to analyze this association. The findings indicate contradictory correlations between the regular use of ridesourcing and the frequent use of public transport in Tehran and Cairo. The regular use of ridesourcing has a positive correlation with the probability of frequent public transport use in Cairo. In contrast, this correlation is negative in Tehran, which means that the regular ridesourcing users are less likely than the non-regular users to use frequently public transport. The reasons for these different correlations are studied in terms of socioeconomic variables, accessibility, and the citizens’ perception of public transport in both cities.

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The Relationship between Regular Use of Ridesourcing and Frequency of Public Transport Use in the MENA Region (Tehran and Cairo)

2020

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“…In fact, recent studies have estimated that motorised traffic has increased due to ride-hailing in several cities (Agarwal et al 2019;Erhardt et al 2019;Wenzel et al 2019;Tirachini and Gomez-Lobo 2020). Moreover, whilst evidence concerning the effect of ride-hailing on car ownership remains limited, there are clear indications of drivers purchasing or leasing cars to become ride-hailing drivers (Agarwal et al 2019;Tirachini 2019), oftentimes incentivised by companies like Uber, which arrange partnerships with local car dealers in countries such as Mexico and India. 2 Beyond the mobility effects of ride-hailing (Surveyed in Jin et al 2018;Tirachini 2019), a crucial issue to analyse and understand is the impact of the ride-hailing industry on the labour market and associated labour regulations.…”

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“…Moreover, whilst evidence concerning the effect of ride-hailing on car ownership remains limited, there are clear indications of drivers purchasing or leasing cars to become ride-hailing drivers (Agarwal et al 2019;Tirachini 2019), oftentimes incentivised by companies like Uber, which arrange partnerships with local car dealers in countries such as Mexico and India. 2 Beyond the mobility effects of ride-hailing (Surveyed in Jin et al 2018;Tirachini 2019), a crucial issue to analyse and understand is the impact of the ride-hailing industry on the labour market and associated labour regulations. Ride-hailing platforms constitute one of the most recognisable examples of the so-called sharing economy, given that a ride-hailing company does not hire workers, but each driver decides when and where to use his or her own vehicle to work.…”

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“…These legal struggles in the relationship between ride-hailing companies, drivers, and regulators are the centrepiece of the ride-hailing business. Having a large number of drivers available is key to the success of ride-hailing in a city, where the service works best if the necessary supply scale is reached, which happens when a car that a user requests is available within a few minutes (Castillo et al 2018;Tirachini 2019). In this context, a deeper understanding of the ride-hailing driver's work environment is relevant to the current debate on ride-hailing regulation.…”

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The sharing economy and the job market: the case of ride-hailing drivers in Chile

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Tirachini

2020

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Ride-hailing (ridesourcing) companies such as Uber, Lyft, and Didi Chuxing have been a disruptive force in the urban mobility landscape around the world during the past decade. In this paper, we analyse the working conditions, earnings, and job satisfaction of ridehailing drivers. We begin by discussing the regulatory, labour, financial, and urban mobility effects of ride-hailing companies. Then, we present the results of a self-administered survey to ride-hailing drivers in Chile, which is complemented with the use of online tools for the estimation of driving earnings. Our findings show that the flexibility to choose work times is the most appreciated attribute of this job, even though most drivers follow a somewhat fixed routine each week. By contrast, the level of transparency with which ride-hailing apps determine driver pay is the attribute with the lowest satisfaction score. A large number of respondents drive for long daily and weekly periods, which is a health and safety hazard. Current drivers are not concerned about the future deployment of driverless vehicles for on-demand mobility services. Ordered probit models for job satisfaction show that ride-hailing was better evaluated by drivers who use it as a complement to another part-time job, by those who earn more money per week, and by those who have not experienced undesirable situations while working, such as harassment or traffic crashes.

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“Make no little plans”: Impactful research to solve the next generation of transportation problems

2020

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The transportation science research community has contributed to numerous practical and intellectual innovations and improvements over the last decades. Technological advancements have broadened and amplified the potential impacts of our field. At the same time, the world and its communities are facing greater and more serious challenges than ever before. In this paper, we call upon the transportation science research community to work on a research agenda that addresses some of the most important of these challenges. This agenda is guided by the sustainable development goals outlined by the United Nations and organized into three areas: (1) well‐being, (2) infrastructure, and, (3) natural environment. For each area, we identify current and future challenges as well as research directions to address those challenges.

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Ride-hailing, travel behaviour and sustainable mobility: an international review

Cited by 243 publications

References 56 publications

The Relationship between Regular Use of Ridesourcing and Frequency of Public Transport Use in the MENA Region (Tehran and Cairo)

The Relationship between Regular Use of Ridesourcing and Frequency of Public Transport Use in the MENA Region (Tehran and Cairo)

The sharing economy and the job market: the case of ride-hailing drivers in Chile

“Make no little plans”: Impactful research to solve the next generation of transportation problems

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