The role of shared mobility in reducing perceived private car dependency

Abstract

Existing contributions have explored the effect of specific shared-mobility services on car ownership reduction, but there is still a lack of analysis regarding the impact of shared-mobility, understood as new mobility concept. To fill this gap, a survey gathering 15,666 responses from residents in the Region of Madrid was conducted. A Multilevel Ordered Logit explored the individual and spatial dimensions of the potential of shared mobility to reduce car ownership. The results show that frequent car users and individuals owning more cars are less likely to believe they could give them up, but the adoption of moped-sharing or carsharing moderates this effect. For those who do not own a car, shared-mobility seems to be effective reducing their perceived need to own one in the future. Finally, the potential reduction of car ownership is more evident in dense urban areas, but a considerable spatial heterogeneity is observed throughout the metropolitan area.