Research and analysis

Shared mobility: user attitudes

Reports from studies into who shares private transport, why they share and the factors that shape decision-making.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
24 November 2020
Last updated
3 February 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Shared mobility: user attitudes during COVID-19 interim summary report, January 2021

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Shared mobility, November 2019

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Shared transport is an important element of the Department for Transport (DfT)’s Future of Transport programme, which aims to shape transport innovation and secure the UK’s position as a leader in the transport sector of the future.

It’s also one of the 9 principles in our Future of mobility: urban strategy.

In the first study, qualitative interviews were used to explore why current sharers choose to share and how they weigh up their decisions for different trips. A follow-up study used qualitative interviews to explore the attitudes of passengers towards shared mobility services and how this has been influenced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The studies looked at current users of:

  • car clubs
  • web-based ride-sharing
  • ride-pooling
  • car-pooling
  • demand-responsive transport (DRT)

Ipsos MORI were commissioned by DfT to undertake the first study in September and October 2019 and a follow-up study in December 2020.

Published 24 November 2020
Last updated 3 February 2022 + show all updates

  1. Added report for a follow-up study in December 2020.

  2. First published.

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