Impact of ride-hailing usage on vehicle ownership in the United States. (December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Yanghao; Shi, Wei; Chen, Zhenhua
• Is Part Of: Transportation research. Volume 101(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Subjects: Ride-hailing service -- Vehicle ownership -- National household travel survey -- Bivariate ordered probit model; R4 -- D1; Transportation -- Research -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; 354.76
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2021.103085
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-9209

Abstract

Highlights: Household-level data mainly from the 2017 NHTS are used, covering 42 US metro areas. The recursive effect between ride-hailing and vehicle ownership was considered. Regular/active ride-hailing users were negatively related to the change in ownership. Policy implications on vehicle ownership and ride-hailing are discussed. Abstract: Ride-hailing as an innovative urban mobility service has received increasing attention in the recent decade. Using data from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey, we investigate the relationship between ride-hailing usage and household vehicle ownership from 42 metropolitan areas across the United States. Previous studies have shown mixed findings on this relationship. Our study contributes to the literature by estimating a bivariate ordered probit model with considerations of the recursive effect between ride-hailing usage and household vehicle ownership. We find that compared to occasional users, regular and active users are more likely to own fewer vehicles. Also, we find no significant difference in possessing vehicles between regular and active users.