Analyzing availability patterns in car sharing in Berlin
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Re: Analyzing availability patterns in car sharing in Berlin
#2This whole "morning commute, evening commute" pattern runs a bit counter to the fluffy hip "floating" pool imagery I had in my head so far. Seems that people mostly fit car pools to their established life patterns. Makes sense I guess, but does that make the car pool all the more efficient than all those people having their own car? Intuitively it wouldn't seem to relax the parking situation in Mitte, and there is probably less of a problem with that in the outer parts where the cars "sleep" anyhow, no?
I'd really like to see more of this. Like, if half of the cars seem to be used mostly for daily commutes, are they being used by the same people over and over again?
Re: Analyzing availability patterns in car sharing in Berlin
#3This whole "morning commute, evening commute" pattern runs a bit counter to the fluffy hip "floating" pool imagery I had in my head so far. Seems that people mostly fit car pools to their established life patterns. Makes sense I guess, but does that make the car pool all the more efficient than all those people having their own car? Intuitively it wouldn't seem to relax the parking situation in Mitte, and there is pr…
Having access to (even anonymized) data about who makes what trip would be amazing, and would allow for much more sophisticated analysis. Sadly, this data is not available...
What would be particularly interesting is to see whether people really use it for regular commute to work (therefore replacing public transport), or rather for some of those irregular morning trips (doctor's appointments, meetings, ...).