Sharing Mobilities and the Mobile Risk Society

Kesselring, Sven; Freudendal-Pedersen, Malene; Zuev, Dennis

doi:10.4324/9780429489242-1

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“…However, given the dominance of automobility and the expansive growth in communication technologies, a change like this is no simple matter. In a 'risk society' [6] where social structures become unstable and permeable, phenomena like these cannot be analyzed with the traditional categorical toolbox of mobility research [7].…”

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“…Sharing platforms for bike and car use are new forms of the rental economy, enabled by the internet and the many new portable technologies increasingly used today [9]. Multiple models of mobility and transport shape this system; sharing becomes a way of connecting people, places, organizations, and events [7]. Sharing mobilities as an emerging system of socio-material relations, digital and tangible infrastructures, politics of access and connectivity, and co-created values offer potential as well as challenges [7].…”

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Providers and Practices: How Suppliers Shape Car-Sharing Practices

Svennevik

2021

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Social practice theories can be useful for studying changes in mobility systems as regards automobility practices. However, many studies address the demand side and the user practices of consumers, without examining the supplier side. This Norwegian study focuses on the role of providers in car-sharing practices, using data from household interviews with car-sharing users, stakeholder workshops, and interviews with providers of car-sharing services. How are car-sharing providers shaping car-sharing practices, and with what implications? How do business models and platform technologies affect car-sharing practices? The results show how new car-sharing service companies, in addition to established firms such as car dealers and car rental companies, affect car-sharing practices by offering several alternatives for accessing cars. The implications of this are discussed, noting how car-sharing practices are shaped by car-sharing providers in the recursive relationship between practice-as-entity and practice-as-performance. The conclusions offer a critical view of how the providers contribute to various kinds of car-sharing understandings, as well as the implications for policy and practitioners.

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Providers and Practices: How Suppliers Shape Car-Sharing Practices

Svennevik

2021

Sustainability

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“…High expectations are associated with the emerging sector of mobility as a service (MaaS) or mobility on demand (MOD), which might be driven by AD [2,3]. In particular, sharing rides and vehicles could bundle traffic demands by increasing the occupancy and usage rate of cars and reducing the volume of motorized traffic [4,5].…”

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“…In particular, sharing rides and vehicles could bundle traffic demands by increasing the occupancy and usage rate of cars and reducing the volume of motorized traffic [4,5]. Moreover, there is an ongoing discussion that trends like digitization, connectivity, and automation might revolutionize mobility and blur the classic distinction between individualized and collective transportation-in other words, between the private car and public transportation [6]. As a consequence, the private car might become obsolete or at least lose its dominant position and be replaced by shared (auto-)mobility services.…”

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“…From a modern theoretical perspective, future mobility concepts will hardly make the private car obsolete, as the car considered to be particularly suited to the modern individualization of lifestyles and flexibility [7,10]. Under the "mobile risk society" of "reflexive modernization" [2,11], attention is paid to "dealing with the risks, insecurities, uncertainties, and unintended side effects that are induced by the technological and organizational modernization of mobility and transportation" [12]. The associated risks and visible negative effects of automobility are mainly intended to be solved by technological improvements-for example, in the form of electric drive systems or, in the future, with automated vehicles.…”

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Acceptable Automobility through Automated Driving. Insights into the Requirements for Different Mobility Configurations and an Evaluation of Suitable Use Cases

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Galich

2020

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It is hoped that Automated Driving (AD) will make alternatives to the private car more attractive and facilitate the transition to sustainable transport. However, this expectation may underestimate both the resistance of private automobility and the unintended consequences of automated driving. Whether AD will contribute to sustainable mobility depends largely on its implementation and how its risks are prevented. This paper provides empirical insights into the design of acceptable forms of AD by investigating specific use cases with respect to the requirements of different mobility configurations. We pay special attention to people who travel with children. Our use cases comprise three probable types, covering the spectrum from demand-responsive transport (DRT) to private vehicles. Our results include the identification of mobility configurations and an analysis of AD use cases considering several empirically derived criteria: improved accessibility, ease of daily life and well-being, and improvement of the traffic situation and the transport system. Our analysis is based on a qualitative study in the Berlin area, Germany. The discussion focuses on the usefulness of AD against the background of different user perspectives, sustainability, and societal requirements, as well as an evaluation of AD in terms of its acceptability. We conclude that automated mobility use cases should meet the requirements of different mobility configurations to promote the transformation from private to shared automobility and, eventually, less automobility overall.

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Entering, enduring and exiting: the durability of shared mobility arrangements and habits

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Car sharing could support a transition away from private vehicle ownership and use. Attempts to understand participation in car sharing have primarily focused on minor and major disruptions which catalyse change in practices. This paper examines how processes of entering, continuing or exiting car sharing systems unfold in Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. Car sharing is conceptualised as an arrangement of elements assembled, adjusted and supported by events, practices and habits. Drawing on biographically-oriented household interviews, we build on and extend existing understandings of change and stability in car sharing in four ways. First, by focusing on households rather than individual users, the paper complements recent attempts to understand the decoupling of family and private-car-based mobility. Second, under-examined processes of exiting, alongside entry and continuation are considered. Third, it highlights the importance of recognising more imperceptible, gradual and continuous changes which might not necessarily coincide with a disruptive event. Fourth, habits of shared car arrangements are demonstrated to be fragile and not as deeply ingrained as those associated with ownership. Existing household practices and habits thus raise further questions about the potential for shared mobility services to disrupt the primacy of the car.

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Sharing Mobilities and the Mobile Risk Society

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Providers and Practices: How Suppliers Shape Car-Sharing Practices

Providers and Practices: How Suppliers Shape Car-Sharing Practices

Acceptable Automobility through Automated Driving. Insights into the Requirements for Different Mobility Configurations and an Evaluation of Suitable Use Cases

Entering, enduring and exiting: the durability of shared mobility arrangements and habits

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