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Is ride-hailing a step closer to personal car use? Exploring associations between car-based ride-hailing and car ownership and use aspirations among young adults.
| العنوان: | Is ride-hailing a step closer to personal car use? Exploring associations between car-based ride-hailing and car ownership and use aspirations among young adults. |
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| المؤلفون: | Acheampong, Ransford A., Agyemang, Ernest, Asuah, Augustine Yaw |
| المصدر: | Acheampong , R A , Agyemang , E & Asuah , A Y 2023 , ' Is ride-hailing a step closer to personal car use? Exploring associations between car-based ride-hailing and car ownership and use aspirations among young adults. ' , Travel Behaviour and Society . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100614 |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | The University of Manchester: Research Explorer - Publications |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Ride-hailing, Car ownership and use, Aspirations, Young adults, Future mobility |
| الوصف: | New and emerging ICT-mediated mobility services, such as ride-hailing, are shaping travel behaviours with profound implications for sustainable urban transport and mobility. Despite the growing literature on ride-hailing’s impact on travel behaviour, there is a dearth of evidence on the possible influence of this relatively new form of car-based transport on car ownership and use aspirations. We address this gap in the literature by answering the question: does car-based ride-hailing explain aspirations for private car-based transport among young adults? We mobilise a conceptual model that accounts for the possible influences on car ownership and use aspirations of individuals’ perceived similarities between ride-hailing and private car use; perceived benefits of ride-hailing; attitude toward car ownership and use; attitude toward the environment; as well as socio-demographic attributes. We test this model empirically in a developing country context where there is a growing use of ride-hailing services, especially among young demographics. We found that individuals perceived close similarities between ride-hailing and private car use, and that attitude toward car use (instrumental aspects) and perceived benefits of ride-hailing had a direct positive influence on their perceptions. Car ownership and use aspirations were strongly underpinned by individuals’ experience using ride-hailing as well as the social-symbolic meaning of the private car. We also found a dissonance between individuals’ pro-environmental attitude and their desire for car ownership and use. We conclude that ride-hailing is fulfilling an immediate preference for car-based transport among our study participants. Car-based ride-hailing could therefore be a step closer to realizing personal car ownership and use aspirations. We reflect on the implications for creating sustainable urban transport and mobility futures. Key words: ride-hailing, car ownership and use, aspirations, young adults |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100614 |
| الاتاحة: | https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/17a9981c-dfde-4dc3-a8df-cf8307ce6d33 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100614 https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/264958777/1_s2.0_S2214367X23000650_main.pdf |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.1A8C4CF3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100614 |
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