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Title:

Is Uber a Substitute or Complement for Public Transit?

Accession Number:

01697988

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

How Uber affects public transit ridership is a relevant policy question facing cities worldwide. Theoretically, Uber’s effect on transit is ambiguous: while Uber is an alternative mode of travel, it can also increase the reach and flexibility of public transit’s fixed-route, fixed-schedule service. The authors estimate the effect of Uber on public transit ridership using a difference-in-differences design that exploits variation across U.S. metropolitan areas in both the intensity of Uber penetration and the timing of Uber entry. The authors find that Uber is a complement for the average transit agency, increasing ridership by five percent after two years. This average effect masks considerable heterogeneity, with Uber increasing ridership more in larger cities and for smaller transit agencies.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP020 Standing Committee on Emerging and Innovative Public Transport and Technologies.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-00568

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Hall, Jonathan D
Palsson, Craig
Price, Joseph

Pagination:

20p

Publication Date:

2019

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2019-1-13 to 2019-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Identifier Terms:

Uber

Geographic Terms:

United States

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-00568

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 7 2018 9:43AM