The uphill struggles of carsharing in the Netherlands
Abstract
Carsharing is an innovation that promises environmentally friendly and affordable mobility. This study explains why it is nevertheless difficult for carsharing to grow out of niche markets and become mainstream and explains factors affecting its environmental benefits. We go beyond the existing technoeconomic analyses of carsharing and take a processual and systemic perspective to analyze its development trajectory. By including sociocultural, economic, technological, and policy factors relating to carsharing and car ownership as its main competitor, we obtain a more complete understanding of drivers and barriers to carsharing growth. For decision makers in the transport sector, our results provide a basis for developing systemic interventions, which jointly address the social and technoeconomic barriers that prevent sustainability innovations from becoming mainstream.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
- Pub Date:
- November 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.2206197120
- Bibcode:
- 2023PNAS..12006197M