Modeling free-floating car-sharing use in Switzerland: A spatial regression and conditional logit approach. (August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Becker, Henrik; Ciari, Francesco; Axhausen, Kay W.
• Is Part Of: Transportation research. Volume 81(2017)
• Page Start: 286
• Page End: 299
• Publication Date: 2017-08
• Subjects: Free-floating car-sharing -- One-way car-sharing -- GPS tracking -- Booking data -- Mode choice -- Spatial regression -- Usage patterns; Transportation -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; 388.011
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2017.06.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0968-090X

Abstract

Highlights: Spatial regression analysis of free-floating car-sharing (FFCS) demand. Mode choice model based on car-sharing transactions and travel diary data. FFCS mainly used for discretionary trips. Access walk to FFCS vehicles only perceived as a low burden. FFCS mainly used for tangential trips bridging gaps in the public transport network. Abstract: Free-floating car-sharing has been one of the latest innovations in the car-sharing market. It allows its customers to locate available vehicles via a smartphone app and reserve them for a short time prior to their rental. Because it is available for point-to-point trips, free-floating car-sharing is not only an alternative to private cars, but also to public transportation. Using spatial regression and conditional logit analysis of original transaction data of a free-floating car-sharing scheme in Switzerland, this research shows that free-floating car-sharing is mainly used for discretionary trips, for which only substantially inferior public transportation alternatives are available. In contrast to station-based car-sharing, it does not rely on high-quality local public transportation access, but bridges gaps in the existing public transportation network.