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The mobility enterprise is a particular version of a shared-vehicle fleet, which attempts to solve the problem of low automobile productivity. The automobile operates much of the time with unused capacity, i.e., vacant seats and empty cargo space. Because programs to fill those vacant seats (e.g., promotion of ridesharing and high-occupancy vehicle use) have fallen far short of their objectives, a new approach is warranted. The enterprise's central concept is matching vehicle attributes to travel needs. Generally, a household purchases vehicles for those few trips that require a large capacity rather than for the majority of trips (usually to work) that have minimal vehicular needs. If a household could tailor its "immediate access" fleet to these frequent trips and still retain reasonable access to larger-capacity special-purpose vehicles (SPVs), considerable economies could be achieved. The household is relieved of owning seldom-used excess capacity, and automobile productivity and efficiency are greatly improved. Having easy access to a shared fleet of SPVs also affords a household an increase in the quality and economy of its travel experiences. This paper discusses questions of institutional barriers, consumer response, and organization and management that are keys to the fate of the enterprise in the transportation climate of the foreseeable future. (Author)

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Accessibility; Automobile ownership; Fleet management; Households; Productivity; Ridesharing; Vehicle capacity; Vehicle sharing

Fleets

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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