How Car Sharing affects Education and Workforce

Following the historical research gaps on carsharing, Shaheen [1] recommended longitudinal monitoring to better understand market developments and social and environmental impacts due to growth and policymakers’ interests. For a brief period of time, carshare literature focused on workforce development and labor conditions related to rebalancing in one-way carsharing systems [2]. Today, carsharing evolving with the rise of shared autonomous vehicles have created a gap in research. More research is needed to understand how drivers, barriers, and carsharing will be impacted with autonomous vehicles [3]. Chan and Shaheen [4] predict that carsharing in the next decade will include greater interoperability among services, technology integration and stronger policy support [4]. Understanding how carsharing will develop and its impact can help inform policy related to education and workforce development. However, literature explicitly related to education and workforce development was nonexistent which reveals a major research gap.

References

  1. S. Shaheen, “U.S. Carsharing & Station Car Policy Considerations: Monitoring Growth, Trends & Overall Impacts,” Sep. 2004, Accessed: May 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5np26388

  2. d M. J. Roorda, “Vehicle relocation and staff rebalancing in one-way carsharing systems,” Transp. Res. Part E Logist. Transp. Rev., vol. 81, pp. 98–113, Sep. 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2015.06.012.

  3. K. Merfeld, M.-P. Wilhelms, S. Henkel, and K. Kreutzer, “Carsharing with shared autonomous vehicles: Uncovering drivers, barriers and future developments – A four-stage Delphi study,” Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change, vol. 144, pp. 66–81, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.03.012.

  4. N. D. Chan and S. A. Shaheen, “Ridesharing in North America: Past, Present, and Future,” Transp. Rev., vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 93–112, Jan. 2012, doi: 10.1080/01441647.2011.621557.

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Note: Mobility COE research partners conducted this literature review in Spring of 2024 based on research available at the time. Unless otherwise noted, this content has not been updated to reflect newer research.