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Posts Tagged ‘Ridesharing’

The Transformation of the American Commuter

Monday, January 7th, 2019
APTA - The Transformation of the American Commuter

Ride-hailing and ridesharing companies have expanded mobility options. Autonomous vehicles will bring new opportunities for consumers as public transit agencies and other service providers integrate autonomous technology into their service offerings, potentially reducing operational costs. Technological change and generational change will make people more likely to use multi-transit options and will allow the transit industry to reach new users.

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Consumer Trends Report: Transportation

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018

As long as humans are alive, they will always need to be able to get from one place to another. That’s why transportation is so critical. Without it, how can people go to work, run errands, travel to fun destinations, or return home? No matter what the situation is, consumers share their commutes on social media: it runs the gamut from delayed subways to what kind of car to buy to which ridesharing app to use to where they are biking to.

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Forces of Change: The Future of Mobility

Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
Figure 3. The future mobility ecosystem

DELOITTE INSIGHTS The entire way people and goods travel from point A to point B is changing, driven by a series of converging technological and social trends: the rapid growth of carsharing and ridesharing; the increasing viability of electric and alternative powertrains; new, lightweight materials; and the growth of connected and, ultimately, autonomous vehicles. The […]

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Powering the future of mobility: How the electric power sector can prepare for its critical role in the new transportation ecosystem

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
deloitte energy solutions

ANALYSTS have long predicted that car and fleet owners would soon abandon traditional fossil-fuel-powered vehicles and go electric.1 But after years of hype, promotion, and government incentives, electric vehicles (EVs) represent barely 1 percent of the market, both globally and in the United States.

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Driverless Future: A Policy Roadmap for City Leaders

Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Driverless Future

DRIVERLESS FUTURE was developed by Arcadis, HR&A Advisors and Sam Schwartz to show the significant influence autonomous vehicles and ridesharing can have on our cities. This paper serves as a policy road map for complex issues related to this transportation revolution and its potential impact on equity, public transit, parking, land use and real estate development.

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Shared Mobility and the Transformation of Public Transit

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
SHARED MOBILITY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF PUBLIC TRANSIT

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
This report concludes by presenting recommended actions that public entities—public transit agencies, transportation departments, and other local and regional agencies—can take to promote useful cooperation between public and private mobility providers. It also suggests regulatory enhancements, institutional realignments, and forms of public-private engagement that would allow innovation to flourish while still providing mobility as safely, broadly, and equitably as possible.

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Connecting the Sectors: Weaving a New Transit Network

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
Private providers are anxious to keep the discussion going with public transit agencies, emphasizing that the partnerships are a start toward reducing overall car ridership and encouraging more transit use—while providing them with a possible well of new customers…“There’s been a lot of mutual curiosity,” said Peter Gould, Uber’s senior transportation policy associate. “We’re excited about having these conversations and having these connections, and talking to each other about the other not in a negative sense, but about how we complement public transit and the impact of Uber.”

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Where Will the Future of Mobility Take Us?

Friday, January 15th, 2016

Autonomous vehicles and ridesharing will affect almost everyone. It’s time to start asking the tough questions about the future of mobility…Explore how transportation technology and social trends are creating a new business ecosystem.

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Between Public and Private Mobility: Examining the Rise of Technology-Enabled Transportation Services

Monday, December 14th, 2015
TABLE 2-1 Selected Taxonomy of Innovative Mobility Services

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
Information and communication technologies, combined with smartphone applications and location data from global positioning systems, are making feasible transportation services that have long been imagined but never realized on a large scale. These innovations include carsharing; bikesharing; microtransit services; and, most notably, transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft.

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New Technologies and Strategies to Cut Down Emissions

Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
Figure 2. Share of Ride-Sharable Trips Relative to Total Trips by Scenario

MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Executive Summary It is widely recognized that new vehicle and fuel technology is necessary, but not sufficient, to meet deep greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions goals for both the U.S. and the state of California. Demand management strategies (such as land use, transit, and auto pricing) are also needed to reduce passenger vehicle […]

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