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Flexible Ridesharing

New Opportunities and Service Concepts for Sustainable Mobility

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  1. Volker Handke

    1. Technologiebewertung GmbH (IZT), Institut für Zukunftsstudien und, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Helga Jonuschat

    1. Technologiebewertung GmbH (IZT), Institut für Zukunftsstudien und, Berlin, Germany

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  • Detailed information on experiences with the implementation of an IT-based carpooling system

  • Integrated information on carpooling activities around the world

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 1-3

  3. Mobility

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 5-11

  4. Carpooling

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 13-40

  5. The CARRIVA Ridesharing Club

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 41-57

  6. Launching the Service: Reaching a Critical Mass by Establishing an Internet-Based Service

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 59-88

  7. Test Phase: Start of the Phone-Based Ridematching Service

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 89-102

  8. Recommendations for the Dissemination Phase

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 103-107

  9. Assessment of Sustainability Impacts

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 109-112

  10. Outlook

    • Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat
    Pages 113-113

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 115-117
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About this book

Individual mobility is one of the most important needs of modern society and an important link between private, public and economic life. In contrast, transport also entails severe environmental and social burdens, foiling current efforts for sustainable development. As the main source of CO2 emissions, transport is a prominent driver for climate change, and individual car traffic is responsible for nearly a third of the total energy consumption. However, we have to consider that many commuters feel indeed very dependent on their car. Here, ridesharing promises to contribute to environmental protection, while still offering individual mobility. Although ridesharing options have been discussed since many years, internet and smartphones provide completeley new opportunities to find ridesharing partners today. Thus, this book deals with current efforts on implementing flexible internet- and phone-based ridesharing services. With a main focus on the users‘ perspective, their demands and acceptance limits, we aim to explore success factors for non-profit, but also commercial ridesharing concepts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Technologiebewertung GmbH (IZT), Institut für Zukunftsstudien und, Berlin, Germany

    Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Flexible Ridesharing

  • Book Subtitle: New Opportunities and Service Concepts for Sustainable Mobility

  • Authors: Volker Handke, Helga Jonuschat

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11345-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-11344-4Published: 14 December 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43609-3Published: 29 January 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-11345-1Published: 14 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 118

  • Topics: Automotive Engineering, Sustainable Development, R & D/Technology Policy, Political Science

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