Usage patterns and preference for car sharing: A case study of Dublin

Abstract The popularity of mobility sharing services are growing rapidly around the world. Car, bike and scooter movements towards Mobility as a Service (MaaS) model have all shown potential in these to change how we think about mobility. research presented this paper examines usage car service Dublin, Ireland. is divided into two parts, an analysis booking data survey Yuko’s members. A 22-month sample size from January 2017 October 2018 (660 days) contains 7,944 individual bookings 1,446 accounts containing 2,006 users. was also conducted over 400 Yuko users determine perceived if using changed their patterns. cluster on that identified specific groups, which were mainly defined by ownership status. shows more trips user makes, likely they take quicker shorter trips. Whereas those who rarely make booking, longer journey when do so. Some other findings generally young males, tend be much weekends majority members not currently own car. It found don’t use means commuting, but way get for variety reasons outside regular commute. show only small number had sold since joining service, because did one begin with.