IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/transa/v150y2021icp16-32.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Assessing one-way carsharing’s impacts on vehicle ownership: Evidence from Shanghai with an international comparison

Author

Listed:
  • Ye, Jianhong
  • Wang, Daoge
  • Li, Xi
  • Axhausen, Kay W.
  • Jin, Yong

Abstract

Carsharing is considered an important alternative to the private car. Based on the studies in Europe and North America, it is agreed that carsharing can reduce private car ownership. However, due to the differences in the development stages and characteristics of cities and transportation, it is unknown whether carsharing can also decrease car ownership in China, which results in a gap in the evaluation of carsharing in China. This paper takes the carsharing project EVCARD in Shanghai as an example. Based on survey data on vehicle ownership from users and actual operations data, the impacts of carsharing on selling cars, giving up and delaying purchasing a car in Shanghai are quantitatively analyzed. The results in Shanghai are compared with the relevant research results in different cities around the world. The results show that: (1) the carsharing project in Shanghai also has the benefit of reducing private car ownership. Each carsharing vehicle can replace 4.56 private cars. However, unlike in European and North American cities, Shanghai carsharing mainly suppresses vehicle growth by reducing individual willingness to buy a car, because the proportion of cars sold owing to carsharing is obviously lower than in Europe and North America. (2) For giving up car purchases, carsharing mainly suppresses the first car in the family. (3) Good public transport and carsharing services can substantially improve the substitution benefits of carsharing for private cars. If carsharing can reach the service level of “whenever and wherever carsharing is available”, the proportion of users who sell, give up and delay buying cars will increase from 0.78%, 30% and 31% to 12%, 40% and 47% respectively. The findings in the study provide a quantitative basis for assessing the carsharing benefits on the reduction of vehicle ownership in China, and also provide a useful reference for evaluating carsharing benefits in other developing countries.

Suggested Citation

  • Ye, Jianhong & Wang, Daoge & Li, Xi & Axhausen, Kay W. & Jin, Yong, 2021. "Assessing one-way carsharing’s impacts on vehicle ownership: Evidence from Shanghai with an international comparison," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 16-32.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transa:v:150:y:2021:i:c:p:16-32
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2021.05.012
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856421001397
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.tra.2021.05.012?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. repec:cdl:itsrrp:qt0850h6r5 is not listed on IDEAS
    2. Joshua Engel-Yan & Dylan Passmore, 2013. "Carsharing and Car Ownership at the Building Scale," Journal of the American Planning Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 79(1), pages 82-91, January.
    3. Firnkorn, Jörg & Müller, Martin, 2011. "What will be the environmental effects of new free-floating car-sharing systems? The case of car2go in Ulm," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(8), pages 1519-1528, June.
    4. repec:cdl:itsrrp:qt3bn9n6pq is not listed on IDEAS
    5. Mishra, Gouri Shankar & Clewlow, Regina R. & Mokhtarian, Patricia L. & Widaman, Keith F., 2015. "The effect of carsharing on vehicle holdings and travel behavior: A propensity score and causal mediation analysis of the San Francisco Bay Area," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 46-55.
    6. repec:cdl:itsdav:qt0850h6r5 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. Stasko, Timon H. & Buck, Andrew B. & Oliver Gao, H., 2013. "Carsharing in a university setting: Impacts on vehicle ownership, parking demand, and mobility in Ithaca, NY," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 262-268.
    8. Namazu, Michiko & Dowlatabadi, Hadi, 2018. "Vehicle ownership reduction: A comparison of one-way and two-way carsharing systems," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 38-50.
    9. Zhou, Fan & Zheng, Zuduo & Whitehead, Jake & Perrons, Robert K. & Washington, Simon & Page, Lionel, 2020. "Examining the impact of car-sharing on private vehicle ownership," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 322-341.
    10. Fanchao Liao & Eric Molin & Harry Timmermans & Bert van Wee, 2020. "Carsharing: the impact of system characteristics on its potential to replace private car trips and reduce car ownership," Transportation, Springer, vol. 47(2), pages 935-970, April.
    11. Le Vine, Scott & Polak, John, 2019. "The impact of free-floating carsharing on car ownership: Early-stage findings from London," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 119-127.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Guo, Peng & Chen, Zhihua & Yang, Yang & Miao, Rui, 2024. "A multistage simulation-optimization-integrated methodology framework for user-oriented electric vehicle carsharing reallocation under dynamic price subsidy," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 290(C).
    2. Wang, Shunchao & Song, Zhanguo, 2024. "Exploring the behavioral stage transition of traveler's adoption of carsharing: An integrated choice and latent variable model," Journal of choice modelling, Elsevier, vol. 51(C).
    3. Alessandro La Delfa & Zheng Han, 2025. "Breaking Commuting Habits: Are Unexpected Urban Disruptions an Opportunity for Shared Autonomous Vehicles?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(4), pages 1-18, February.
    4. Hu, Beibei & Sun, Yue & Li, Zixun & Zhang, Yanli & Sun, Huijun & Dong, Xianlei, 2024. "Competitive advantage of car-sharing based on travel costs comparison model: A case study of Beijing, China," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    5. Qin, Hu & Su, E. & Wang, Yilun & Li, Jiliu, 2022. "Branch-and-price-and-cut for the electric vehicle relocation problem in one-way carsharing systems," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    6. Suprava Chakraborty & Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar & Arunkumar Jayakumar & Santanu Kumar Dash & Devaraj Elangovan, 2021. "Selected Aspects of Sustainable Mobility Reveals Implementable Approaches and Conceivable Actions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-31, November.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Golalikhani, Masoud & Oliveira, Beatriz Brito & Carravilla, Maria Antónia & Oliveira, José Fernando & Antunes, António Pais, 2021. "Carsharing: A review of academic literature and business practices toward an integrated decision-support framework," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
    2. Taru Jain & Geoffrey Rose & Marilyn Johnson, 2022. "Changes in private car ownership associated with car sharing: gauging differences by residential location and car share typology," Transportation, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 503-527, April.
    3. Chicco, Andrea & Diana, Marco & Loose, Willi & Nehrke, Gunnar, 2022. "Comparing car ownership reduction patterns among members of different car sharing schemes operating in three German inner-city areas," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 370-385.
    4. Jochem, Patrick & Frankenhauser, Dominik & Ewald, Lukas & Ensslen, Axel & Fromm, Hansjörg, 2020. "Does free-floating carsharing reduce private vehicle ownership? The case of SHARE NOW in European cities," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 373-395.
    5. Pan, Alexandra Q. & Martin, Elliot W. & Shaheen, Susan A., 2022. "Is access enough? A spatial and demographic analysis of one-way carsharing policies and practice," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 103-115.
    6. Sun, Lishan & Wang, Shunchao & Liu, Shuli & Yao, Liya & Luo, Wei & Shukla, Ashish, 2018. "A completive research on the feasibility and adaptation of shared transportation in mega-cities – A case study in Beijing," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 230(C), pages 1014-1033.
    7. Qi Te & Chen Lianghua, 2020. "Carsharing: mitigation strategy for transport-related carbon footprint," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 25(5), pages 791-818, May.
    8. Qi Te & Chen Lianghua, 0. "Carsharing: mitigation strategy for transport-related carbon footprint," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 25(5), pages 791-818.
    9. Rüdiger Hahn & Felix Ostertag & Adrian Lehr & Marion Büttgen & Sabine Benoit, 2020. "“I like it, but I don't use it”: Impact of carsharing business models on usage intentions in the sharing economy," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 1404-1418, March.
    10. Felix Czarnetzki & Florian Siek, 2023. "Decentralized mobility hubs in urban residential neighborhoods improve the contribution of carsharing to sustainable mobility: findings from a quasi-experimental study," Transportation, Springer, vol. 50(6), pages 2193-2225, December.
    11. Wali, Behram & Santi, Paolo & Ratti, Carlo, 2023. "Are californians willing to use shared automated vehicles (SAV) & renounce existing vehicles? An empirical analysis of factors determining SAV use & household vehicle ownership," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    12. Aaron Kolleck, 2021. "Does Car-Sharing Reduce Car Ownership? Empirical Evidence from Germany," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-17, July.
    13. Eliška Vejchodská & Hana Brůhová Foltýnová & Alena Rybičková, 2024. "Carsharing users’ behaviour and attitudes. The role of car availability in households," Transportation, Springer, vol. 51(5), pages 1785-1807, October.
    14. Doll, Claus & Krauss, Konstantin, 2022. "Nachhaltige Mobilität und innovative Geschäftsmodelle," Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem 10-2022, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI) - Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Berlin.
    15. repec:cdl:itsdav:qt1kq5d07p is not listed on IDEAS
    16. Silvestri, Alessandro & Foudi, Sébastien & Galarraga, Ibon & Ansuategi, Alberto, 2021. "The contribution of carsharing to low carbon mobility: Complementarity and substitution with other modes," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    17. repec:cdl:itsrrp:qt2f5896tp is not listed on IDEAS
    18. Nakamura, Hiroki & Uchida, Akira & Managi, Shunsuke, 2019. "Relationship between community-sharing of new personal transportation and local residents’ daily life consciousness," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 104-110.
    19. Martin Ritter & Heiner Schanz, 2021. "Carsharing Business Models’ Strategizing Mindsets Regarding Environmental Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-18, November.
    20. Sweet, Matthias N. & Scott, Darren M., 2021. "Shared mobility adoption from 2016 to 2018 in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area: Demographic or geographic diffusion?," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    21. Cantelmo, Guido & Amini, Roja Ezzati & Monteiro, Mayara Moraes & Frenkel, Amnon & Lerner, Ofer & Tavory, Sharon Shoshany & Galtzur, Ayelet & Kamargianni, Maria & Shiftan, Yoram & Behrischi, Christiane, 2022. "Aligning users’ and stakeholders’ needs: How incentives can reshape the carsharing market," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 306-326.
    22. Wen, Xiao & Ranjbari, Andisheh & Qi, Fan & Clewlow, Regina R. & MacKenzie, Don, 2021. "Challenges in credibly estimating the travel demand effects of mobility services," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 224-235.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:transa:v:150:y:2021:i:c:p:16-32. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/547/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.