Use of Ride-Hailing Services among Older Adults in the United States

Mitra, Suman; Bae, Youngeun; Ritchie, Stephen G.

doi:10.1177/0361198119835511

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“…The majority of studies were conducted in large cities and metropolitan areas, whereas the implications of ridesourcing services in towns and rural areas were less covered. This may be related to the fact that ridesourcing services are more prevalent in large cities and metropolitan areas compared with small towns and rural communities [38]. In terms of research design, 76% of studies were quantitative in nature compared to 24% that were qualitative.…”

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“…Ridesourcing services provide social equity benefits by providing increased access to transportation for older adults, particularly those that cannot drive [18]. They can also encourage a car-free lifestyle, reduce car ownership, and offer older adults more freedom of movement so they can rely less on friends or family to meet their needs for transportation [38,50,51].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…TNCs have avoided responsibility to warrant non-discrimination and access for the disabled, arguing they are not transportation providers [3]. Besides, Mitra et al [38] provide evidence from the U.S. suggesting that, due to physical difficulties and a lack of comfort and familiarity with technology, older adults may remain disconnected from the new transport technology.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Ridesourcing Services: A Literature Review

Khavarian-Garmsir

Sharifi

Abadi

2021

Future Transportation

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The proliferation of ridesourcing services has raised both hopes and concerns about their role in cities. The impacts of ridesourcing services are complex and multi-faceted. Through reviewing the literature, this study aims to identify the social, economic, and environmental impacts of these services and highlight opportunities and challenges that lay ahead of them for resolving issues related to urban transportation. According to the results, ridesourcing services offer safe modes of transport that provide convenient mobility options, improve transit availability in disadvantaged and remote areas, and respond to taxi demand fluctuations. They can create new job opportunities by employing new human resources that have not been used before, provide flexible working hours for drivers, and are more efficient than taxi cabs. These services provide other opportunities to extend or complement public transit, reduce car ownership and congestion, and minimize parking supply. However, they are criticized for unfair competition with traditional taxis, limited compliance with social legislation, and lack of affordability. They are not available in all places and exclude some vulnerable and socially disadvantaged groups. Labor rights are not secure in this industry, and driver income is not stable. Finally, there is also evidence showing that, in some cases, they contribute to the growth of VMT, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and congestion in cities.

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The Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Ridesourcing Services: A Literature Review

Khavarian-Garmsir

Sharifi

Abadi

2021

Future Transportation

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“…Seventy three percentages of those ages 65 and older use the internet and more than half (53 %) are smartphone owners (Livingston 2019). While their use of technology continues to lag that of younger adults, older adults today are more likely than older adults of previous generations to use technology (Gilleard and Higgs 2008;Hunsaker and Hargittai 2018) and, therefore, may be more likely to take advantage of technology-based alternatives to driving such as ridehailing or on-line shopping (Mitra et al 2019). The proportion of older adults who use these services is climbing rapidly as cohorts who grew older having internet access enter post-retirement years (Shirgaokar et al forthcoming).…”

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Cohort analysis of driving cessation and limitation among older adults

Schouten

Wachs²,

Blumenberg³

et al. 2021

Transportation

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Automobiles are central to participation in economic, social, and cultural activities in the United States. The ability to drive as one ages is fundamental to the quality of life among older adults. Driving rates decline significantly with age. Researchers using cross-sectional data have studied the reasons former drivers have stopped driving, but few have followed individuals over time to examine changes in relationships among driving cessation, socio-demographics, and health conditions. We used longitudinal data from a national sample of 20,000 observations from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine relationships among demographic variables, health conditions, and driving reduction and driving cessation. Longitudinal data allow analysis of generational differences in behavior, a major advantage over cross-sectional data which only allow comparisons of different people at one point in time. We found, like many other studies, that personal decisions to limit and eventually stop driving vary with sex, age, and health conditions. In addition, unlike most previous studies, we also found that those relationships differ by birth cohort with younger cohorts less likely to stop and limit their driving than their older counterparts. The findings indicate an evolution in the association between driving cessation and its causes.

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“…They found that more frequent riders were more educated, affluent, more likely to be male, younger, and living in an urban area. 21 (This study did not consider attitudes related to ride-hailing.) The survey of older adults in southeastern Michigan found that prior knowledge of ride-hailing was correlated with whether respondents anticipated using ride-hailing in the future.…”

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Ride-hailing among adults 55 and over in California

Agrawal¹,

Shirgaokar²,

Misra³

et al. 2020

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Use of Ride-Hailing Services among Older Adults in the United States

Cited by 58 publications

References 19 publications

The Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Ridesourcing Services: A Literature Review

The Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Ridesourcing Services: A Literature Review

Cohort analysis of driving cessation and limitation among older adults

Ride-hailing among adults 55 and over in California

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