Two years into the introduction of carsharing in San Francisco, nearly 30 percent of members have gotten rid of one more cars and two-thirds stated they opted not to purchase another car. By City CarShare's second anniversary, 6.5 percent of members' trips and 10 percent of their vehicle miles...

In this report, the short-term travel-behavior impacts of car-sharing in the city of San Francisco are evaluated. San Francisco's program, City CarShare, was launched in early- March 2001 and has steadily gained popularity as more and more residents as well as non-residents have voluntarily...

Some nine months into the introduction of car-sharing in the City of San Francisco, an estimated 7 percent of members' trips were by City CarShare vehicles, up from around 2 percent just six months earlier. At the nine-month mark, more than 20 percent of members' vehicle miles traveled (VMT) was...

This paper explores multiple dimensions of complexity in a U.S. transportation-policy context, discusses the implications of these dimensions for policy change, and to the degree appropriate, suggests strategies that might be pursued to overcome, or at least better "manage", complexity. Three...

The urban transportation sector's environmental, economic, and social footprint is immense and expanding. Many of the world's most vexing and pressing problems - fossil fuel dependency, global warming, poverty, and social exclusion - are inextricably tied to the transportation sector. Much of...

This report examines the longer term impacts of the City CarShare program on travel demand and car ownership. It complements the previous analyses that focused on short and intermediate-term impacts. It gives particular focus to the question of whether the travel reduction evidence uncovered two...

Transit-oriented developments, or TODs, are commonly thought to appeal to non-traditional households. This paper reviews experiences with TODs, drawn mainly from Europe, that are kid-friendly. What makes them attractive to families are extensive shared green spaces and playgrounds in lieu of...