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Impacts of transportation network companies on urban mobility

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  • Mi Diao

    (Tongji University)

  • Hui Kong

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Singapore–MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART))

  • Jinhua Zhao

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The role of transportation network companies (TNCs) in the urban transport system is under intense debate. In this study, we systematically assess three aspects of the net impacts of TNCs on urban mobility in the United States—road congestion, transit ridership and private vehicle ownership—and examine how these impacts have evolved over time. Based on a set of fixed-effect panel models estimated using metropolitan statistical area level data, we find that the entrance of TNCs led to increased road congestion in terms of both intensity (by 0.9%) and duration (by 4.5%), an 8.9% decline in transit ridership and an insignificant change in vehicle ownership. Despite the ideal of providing a sustainable mobility solution by promoting large-scale car sharing, our analysis suggests that TNCs have intensified urban transport challenges since their debut in the United States.

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  • Mi Diao & Hui Kong & Jinhua Zhao, 2021. "Impacts of transportation network companies on urban mobility," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 4(6), pages 494-500, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:4:y:2021:i:6:d:10.1038_s41893-020-00678-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-00678-z
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