Analysis of peer-to-peer car sharing potentialities

Car sharing systems have generated increasing interest among drivers and city administrations. The recent European and Italian experiences clearly show that the conditions for the commercial exploitation of this service exist. Aside from traditional car sharing, a possible evolution could be the peer-to-peer car sharing, whose demand and supply have to be estimated. To this aim, a survey was carried out among Milan’s citizens in order to identify the determinants to join a peer-to-peer car sharing. This chapter, after recalling the main studies on this topic, briefly discusses the Milan’s mobility context and its car sharing initiatives. The survey is described, and the results of the econometric analysis, identifying the determinants of car owners’ sharing attitude, are presented. Finally, an estimation of the shared cars’ supply in function of the price set is provided.