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Title: City CarShare: Longer-Term Travel Demand and Car Ownership Impacts
Accession Number: 01054578
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Four years after the introduction of City CarShare in the San Francisco, Bay area in California, 29% of carshare members had gotten rid of one or more cars, and 4.8% of members’ trips and 5.4% of their vehicle miles traveled were in carshare vehicles. Matched-pair comparisons with a statistical control group suggest that, over time, members have reduced total vehicular travel. However, most declines occurred during the first 1 to 2 years of the program; 3 to 4 years after City CarShare’s inauguration, earlier declines had leveled off. Because many carshare vehicles are small and fuel-efficient but can carry several people, the trend in per capita gasoline consumption also is downward. Mindful of the cumulative costs of driving, carshare members appear to have become more judicious and selective when deciding whether to drive, take public transit, walk, bike, or even forgo a trip. Coupled with reduced personal car ownership, these factors have given rise to a resourceful form of automobility in the San Francisco Bay area.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01077203
Language: English
Authors: Cervero, RobertGolub, AaronNee, BrendanPagination: pp 70-80
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9780309104180
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 8 2007 4:46PM
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