An economic and operational evaluation of urban car-sharing

Utilising cost benefit analysis techniques, in exactly the same way as the UK Government evaluates new roads and public transport schemes (i.e. COBA), car-sharing can be shown to produce very high net benefits to society. This paper shows that if a scheme were to be set up in the West Midlands area,...

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Published in:Transportation research. Part D, Transport and environment Transport and environment, 2000, Vol.5 (1), p.1-10
Main Authors: Fellows, N.T., Pitfield, D.E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Car-sharing
Congestion
Cost benefit analysis
Economic analysis
Pollution
Roads
Transportation
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Summary:Utilising cost benefit analysis techniques, in exactly the same way as the UK Government evaluates new roads and public transport schemes (i.e. COBA), car-sharing can be shown to produce very high net benefits to society. This paper shows that if a scheme were to be set up in the West Midlands area, UK, then even with the most conservative estimates of car-share participation, net benefits would be comparable to those produced by major road schemes. Indeed, slightly less conservative estimates of participation give net benefits in excess of road schemes.
ISSN:1361-9209
1879-2340
DOI:10.1016/S1361-9209(99)00016-4