Flexible Ridesharing
Subtitle: New Opportunities and Service Concepts for Sustainable Mobility
By: by Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
Contributors: Jonuschat, Helga; SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9783642113451
Subjects: Sustainable development; Economics; Engineering; Design and construction; Automobiles; R & D/Technology Policy; Motor vehicles; Political Science, general
Description: <p>Individual mobility is one of the most important needs of modern society and an important link between private, public and economic life. In contrast, transport also entails severe environmental and social burdens, foiling current efforts for sustainable development. As the main source of CO<sub>2 </sub>emissions, transport is a prominent driver for climate change, and individual car traffic is responsible for nearly a third of the total energy consumption. </p><p>However, we have to consider that many commuters feel indeed very dependent on their car. Here, ridesharing promises to contribute to environmental protection, while still offering individual mobility. Although ridesharing options have been discussed since many years, internet and smartphones provide completeley new opportunities to find ridesharing partners today. Thus, this book deals with current efforts on implementing flexible internet- and phone-based ridesharing services. With a main focus on the users‘ perspective, their demands and acceptance limits, we aim to explore success factors for non-profit, but also commercial ridesharing concepts.</p><p> </p>
Table of contents: title: <p>Introduction; title: Mobility; title: Carpooling; title: The Carriva Ridesharing Club; title: Launching the service: Reaching a critical mass by establishing an internet-based service; title: Test phase: Start of the phone-based ridematching service; title: Recommendations for the dissemination phase; title: Assessment of sustainability impacts; title: Outlook; title: Bibliography</p>.