Transit 2014, Volume 2: Carsharing, Taxis, and Automated Transport

The Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2416 includes 11 papers that explore fleet sizing for flexible carsharing systems; pilots of low-cost transit service enhancements through agency collaboration; pedicabs for urban transportation in U.S. cities; public perceptions and market characteristics of peer-to-peer carsharing in the San Francisco Bay Area, California; and a model of station-based and free-floating carsharing demand.

This issue also summarizes the impact of carsharing on household car ownership in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a case study of the autorickshaw industry in Mumbai, India; individual and societal aspects of automated driving; fleet size and cost requirements for a statewide autonomous taxi network in New Jersey; optimization of the charging infrastructure for electric taxis; and day versus night taxicab operations in Bogotá, Colombia.