Abstract
The present study investigates the determinants of intention to use carsharing services by an integrated model of psychological predictors of travel behavior. The model proposed is tested by multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) in structural equation modeling (SEM) with further discussion about analysis of invariance and its relevance for comparisons between groups. The sample was classified into four groups: Italian users, Italian non-users, Swedish users, and Swedish non-users of carsharing. The users were respondents who have used or are currently using carsharing, while non-users reported never using the carsharing services. The analysis of data from 6072 respondents revealed that control was the main predictor of intention to use carsharing; driving habits had stronger negative effects for users of carsharing than for non-users; subjective norms positively predicted the intention to use carsharing among all groups; trust was a predictor of intention only for the Italian groups; and climate morality had a small negative effect on the Swedish groups only. The outcomes of this investigation will increase the knowledge about the use of carsharing and help to identify the behavioral and psychological factors that primarily influence people’s intention to use it.
Highlights
How to achieve sustainable transportation for individuals is one of the key problems of future sustainability around the globe
This paper investigates the determinants of intention to use carsharing services by using an integrated model of psychological predictors of travel behavior
To investigate the validity of the measurement model, a six-factor model was tested by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)
Summary
How to achieve sustainable transportation for individuals is one of the key problems of future sustainability around the globe. The concept of sharing has become increasingly popular in the discussion regarding solutions to reduce private car use. Carsharing can be defined as a short-term car rental service that provides to its users access to vehicles for a short-term time interval [1]. Carsharing services are different from car rentals, carpooling, and ride-hailing services, even though they may share some similarities. The customer signs a designated contract with specifications of the service each time he/she rents a car for a certain number of days. The members of carsharing services sign a service contract just once, and they may use one of the cars from the fleet whenever they want, given the availability of the fleet
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