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Online and App-Based Carpooling in France: Analyzing Users and Practices—A Study of BlaBlaCar

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This paper examines the characteristics and practices of ridesharing users in France. In May 2013, the authors surveyed members of BlaBlaCar, the largest online and app-based carpooling service in France, to analyze the sociodemographic characteristics and usage patterns of the respondents. The survey results identify correlations between socio-demographic characteristics and usage elements. Notably, users with a lower-income level are more inclined to be passengers, while higher-income users employ carpooling mainly as drivers. Students are shown to be more frequent users as well. These findings indicate some equity balancing effects, which may be unique to this shared mobility mode.

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  1. Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 408 McLaughlin Hall, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

    Susan Shaheen

  2. Transportation Sustainability Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 2150 Allston Way, Suite 280, Berkeley, California, 94704, USA

    Adam Stocker

  3. Institut de Géographie et Durabilité, University of Lausanne, NIL Mouline—Géopolis, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Marie Mundler

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Shaheen, S., Stocker, A., Mundler, M. (2017). Online and App-Based Carpooling in France: Analyzing Users and Practices—A Study of BlaBlaCar. In: Meyer, G., Shaheen, S. (eds) Disrupting Mobility. Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51602-8_12

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