What influences people to choose ridesharing? An overview of the literature

ABSTRACT

Ridesharing is a shared mobility service in which passengers and drivers with similar origins and destinations are matched to travel in the same vehicle. This service utilises unused seats in vehicles and multi-passenger rides to reduce the cost of travel. To promote ridesharing, both service providers and policymakers should carefully analyse passenger adoption behaviour to support future decision-making and planning. In this paper, 80 studies on passenger ridesharing behaviour published since 2004 are reviewed. The motivating factors and barriers are analysed and classified in terms of demographic factors, psychological factors, and situational factors, and boundary conditions are included. The work provides a corresponding research framework on ridesharing behaviour. Finally, the current literature gaps are summarised and research recommendations are provided. This study provides a comprehensive and systematic research basis for ridesharing studies, and presents important theoretical and practical contributions to guide sustainable ridesharing behaviour.

KEYWORDS:

• ridesharing
• ridesharing behaviour
• user factors‌
• shared mobility‌
• text analysis

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 72104128], the Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China [grant number 21YJC630117], the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China [grant number ZR2021QG053], and the Youth Entrepreneurship Talent Introduction and Education Team of Colleges and Universities in Shandong Province, China.