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Leveraging the Sharing Economy to Expand Shelter and Transportation Resources in California Evacuations

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  • Wong, Stephen
  • Shaheen, Susan

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In 2017 and 2018, California was severely impacted by a number of devastating wildfires that required thousands of people to evacuate. These evacuations were hampered by poor communication, traffic congestion, and transportation and shelter resource deficiencies. To ensure that all citizens have both transportation and shelter in evacuations, agencies must consider alternative strategies for expanding resources, such as leveraging the sharing economy. To understand the possibility of leveraging the sharing economy to provide housing and transportation in an evacuation, researchers at the Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) at University of California, Berkeley, distributed an online survey (n=226) from March to July 2018 to individuals impacted by the 2017 December Southern California wildfires (i.e., the Thomas Fire, Creek Fire, and Skirball Fire) and also collected information on the actions of sharing economy companies in recent California wildfires in 2017 and 2018.

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  • Wong, Stephen & Shaheen, Susan, 2019. "Leveraging the Sharing Economy to Expand Shelter and Transportation Resources in California Evacuations," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt6pw2w52b, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
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    1. Wong, Stephen D. & Broader, Jacquelyn C. & Shaheen, Susan A. PhD, 2020. "Review of California Wildfire Evacuations from 2017 to 2019," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt5w85z07g, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    2. Seddighi, Hamed & Baharmand, Hossein, 2020. "Exploring the role of the sharing economy in disasters management," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).

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