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Bibliography
and assorted links


ou wish to know more about car-sharing? You will find below a plethora of links and references which should help you in your research. Many of these documents are available online, in PDF format. For your convenience, these articles have been sorted according to the time frame in which they were published, and thereafter alphabetically within each period.

Before 1981

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Bendixson, T. and Richards, M.G./Alan M. Voorhees and Associates Ltd, 1976. “Witkar: Amsterdam's Self Drive Hire City Car”. Transportation 5, pp. 63-72.

d’Welles, Jacques, 1951. « À propos de circulation urbaine... ». Urbanisme, vol. 20, no. 11-12, p. 56. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage. · This document is available online in PDF, as well as in HTML, and GIF formats. [179 k]

Fishman, Leslie and Wabe, J. Stuart, 1969. "Restructuring the form of car ownership: A proposed solution to the problem of the motor car in the United Kingdom". Transportation Research, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 429-442. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage. ·

This document is available in PDF format. [4785 k]

Friedman, D., 1969. Public vehicle rental system: Determination of feasibility. Tiré de “Selected Proceedings of a Conference on Methods and Concepts of Forecasting Travel Demand for Future Systems”, Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Transportation Studies Center, Avril 1972, pp. 49-74. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage.

Kirby, R.F.; Bhatt, K.U.; Kemp, M.A.; McGillivray, R.G.; Wohl, M., 1974. Para-Transit: Neglected Options For Urban Mobility. The Urban Institute. Washington, D.C. 319 p.

Lewis, C. Beaumont, 1974. Self Drive Taxi Systems : A Preliminary Feasibility Study. Transport and Road Research Laboratory Department of the Environment Supplementary Report 38 UC, Crowthorne, Berkshire, 32 p. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage.

Magnan, René, 1977. Système urbain de transports individuels banalisés. Centre de recherche d'urbanisme, Editeur 4, Paris, 134 p. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage.

Oka, N., 1973. "Public-Use Private Transport". The Wheel Extended 2, no. 4, pp. 17-19. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage.

Reports of the Steering Group and Working Group appointed by the Minister of Transport, 1967. "Car for Cities - A study of trends in the design of vehicles with particular reference to their use in towns". Reports of the Steering Group and Working Group appointed by the Minister of Transport Appendix B. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage.

University of Pennsylvania, 1968. Minicar Transit System : Final Report on Phase I “Feasibility Study” Book -I- Summary. by University of Pennsylvania to Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Contract PA-MTD- 8. 35 p. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage. · This document is available in PDF format. [7123 k]

University of Pennsylvania, 1970. Minicar Transit System : Final Report. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Center for Urban Research and Experimentation. · Quoted in Histoire de l'Auto-Partage.

University of Pennsylvania, 1972. Selected Proceedings of a Conference on Methods and Concepts of Forecasting Travel Demand for Future Systems. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Transportation Studies Center.

1981 TO 1990

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Crain & Associates. 1982. STAR Program: Feasilibility Study. For CALTRAN and UMTA, Los Altos, California, 111 p.
This document is available in PDF format :

A — pages 1 to 52 [8312 k]

B — pages 53 to 111 [6017 k]

Crain & Associates. 1984. STAR Project: Report of First 250 Days. U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C.

Doherty, M.J.; Sparrow, F.T.; Sinha, K.C., 1987. "Public use of autos : Mobility Enterprise Project". Journal of Transportation Engineering, vol. 113, no. 1, pp. 84-94.

Jouko A. Parviainen & Associates, 1983. Shared Vehicle Fleet Concepts: State-of-the-Art Review and R & D Program Definition. Transportation Development Center, Montreal, Québec, 71 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [9250 k]

McCarthy, Patrick S., 1984. "The Shared Vehicle Fleet". Journal of Transport Economics and Policy vol. XVIII, no. 1, pp.75-94.

Newton, Susan Lucille, 1986. A Comparison of Innovation Adoption Models in Relation to Innovation Type : The Case of The Transportation Cooperative. Thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 227p.

Pharoah, Tim., 1986. "The motor car : Idol or Idle? A Survey of redundancy in domestic car fleets". Traffic Engineering and Control, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 64-66.

Walb, Carol and Loudon, William, 1986. Evaluation of the Short Term Auto Rental (STAR) Service in San Francisco, CA. U.S. Department of Transportation Research & Special Programs Administration Transportation System Center, Cambridge, MA., 72p.
This document is available in PDF format:

A — pages i to 33 [6275 k]

B — pages 34 to A-12 [5724 k]

Whitford, R.K., 1984. Viability of Mobility Enterprise Concepts. Volume 2: Potential Users of a Shared Vehicle/Mobility Enterprise Concept, Purdue Research Foundation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration. 223 p.

1991 TO 2000

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Adine, Jean-Pierre, 1995. «Automobile urbaine : la bombe Peugeot». Le Point no. 1176, pp. 20-21.

Biau, Véronique, 1991. « Montpellier 1971-1974 : une expérience de ”transport individuel public” », Transports urbains, juillet-septembre 1991, pp. 21-25.

This document is available in PDF format. [1955 k]

Britton, Eric and associates, 1999. "Car sharing 2000 - A hammer for sustainable development". The journal of World Transport Policy & Practice. Special issue. An collaborative International project from the Commons, Eco-Logica Ltd.Lancaster, U.K. 293 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [1970 k]

Harm, Sylvia; Truffer, Bernard, 1998. The Emergence of a Nation-wide Carsharing Co-operative in Switzerland.

This document is available in PDF format. [263 k]

Lamure, Claude; Patrice, Bernard; Jean, Maxime, 1999. Automobiles pour la ville à l'horizon 2010. Nouvelles gestions de l'automobile urbaine. Partenariats avec le transport public. Centre d'études sur les réseaux, les transports, l'urbanisme et les constructions publiques (CERTU). Lyon, 107 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [365 k]

Meijkamp, Rens, 2000. Changing consumer behavior through Eco-efficient Services : An empirical study on Car Sharing in the Netherlands. Thèse, Delft University of Technology. Delft. 295 p.

A summary is available in PDF format [366 k].

Muheim, Peter & Partner, 1998. CarSharing – the key to combined mobility. Énergie 2000, Motor Fuel Section. Berne.

Parent, M.; Texier, P.-Y., 1992. De la Voiture Publique au PRT Le Programme DEDALE. Communication présentée dans le cadre de la journée spéciale de l’INRETS sur le transport urbain public individuel tenue à Paris le 8 déc. 1992, 12 p. · Cité dans Histoire de l'Auto-Partage.

Pus, Yves, juin 1992. « Comment les Berlinois ont appris à partager leurs voitures », Auto-Moto, 3 pages.

This document is available in PDF format. [3500 k]

Robert, B., Leblanc, N., Morissette, C., 1996. La « voiture communautaire » : un nouvel outil pour s'attaquer au problème des transports en milieu urbain. Communication présentée dans le cadre du 31e congrès de l'Association québécoise du transport et des routes (AQTR), tenu en mars 1996 à Québec. Recueil des communications. Tome 1. pp 197-226). This document is available in PDF format. [119 k]

Robert, Benoît; Grondin, Joëlle, 1994. De la location à court terme à la voiture communautaire : résultats de l’étude de marché. Québec, document non publié, 55 p.

This document is available in PDF format, in both French and English.

Robert, Benoît, 2000. Developing a Car Sharing Service in a Hostile Environment: The Virtues of Pragmatism. This document is available in PDF format, the French and English versions not being totally identical :

French version. 17 p. [56 k]

English version. 14 p. [54 k]

Robert, Benoît, 2000. Potentiel de l’auto-partage dans le cadre d’une politique de gestion de la demande en transport. Forum de l’AQTR, gaz à effet de serre: transport et développement, Kyoto: une opportunité d’affaires ?.

This document is available in PDF format. 27 p. [165 k]

Shaheen, Susan; Sperling, Daniel; Wagner, Conrad, 1998. "Carsharing in Europe and North America : Past, Present, and Future". Transportation Quartely. Vol. 52. No. 3., pp. 35-52. This document is available in PDF format. [4360 k]

Sperling, Daniel; Shaheen, Susan; Wagner, Conrad, 2000. Carsharing and mobility services: An updated overview.

StadtteilAUTO e.V Aachen, 1992. Handbuch für AutoTeiler. Ökofunds der Grünen NRW. 72 p. (une traduction en anglais du document est disponible). · Cité dans Histoire de l'Auto-Partage.

Went, Michael, 1996. Shared Vehicle Fleets : From Social Enterprise Theory to Canadian Practice. A Seniour Honour Essay Presented to the University of Waterloo in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements Degree of Bachelor of Environmental Studies Regional Planning, 72 p.

Wilhite, Harold et Attali, Sophie, 2000. Mobilité individuelle partagée en France : avantages, inconvénients et alternatives. Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie (en France). 37 p. This document is available in PDF format:
IN ENGLISH:

A – pages 1 to 33 [8,9 Mb] +

B – pages 34 to 66 [8,6 Mb]
IN FRENCH:

37 pages [10 Mo] N.B. Chapters 3 and 4 are in the English version only.

2001 TO ...

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Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), 2003. Branché, la mobilité réinventée : projet de voitures et vélos électriques en libre-service à Montréal. Projet déposé à Transport Canada dans le cadre du programme de démonstration en transport urbain (PDTU). Mai 2003. 48 p.
Ce document est disponible en format PDF :

in French. 50 p. [3250 k]

in English. 50 p. [2630 k]

Barth, Matthew; Todd, Michael; Xue, Lei, 2004. User-Based Vehicle Relocation Techniques for Multiple-Station Shared-Use Vehicle Systems. Transportation Research Board 80th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

This document is available in PDF format. 17 p. [443 k]

Brook, David. Carsharing – Start Up Issues and New Operational Models. Submitted to Transportation Research Board Committee. August 2003.

This document is available in PDF format. 14 p. [117 k]

CERTU (Centre d'études sur les réseaux de transport et l'urbanisme). La lettre de l'autopartage.
No. 1, déc. 2003. 10 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [391 k]
No. 2, mai 2004. 10 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [328 k]
No. 3, jan. 2005. 17 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [1530 k]
No. 4, sept. 2005. 18 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [1870 k]
No 5, mai 2006. 13 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [1110 k]
No 6, avril 2007. 22 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [1110 k]

Cervero, Robert; Creedman, Nina; Pai, Madhav; Pohan, Muhammad, 2002. San Francisco City CarShare: Assessment of Short-Term Travel-Behavior Impacts. Institute of Urban & Regional Development IURD Working Paper Series (University of California, Berkeley).

This document is available in PDF format. 82 p. [2300 k]

City CarShare, 2005. Bringing Car-Sharing to Your Community. San Francisco.

This document is available in PDF format. 66 p. [793 k]

COMMUNAUTO, 2003. L'auto-partage et le transport en commun : ensemble pour une mobilité durable. Mémoire présenté dans le cadre de la Consultation générale à l'égard de la mise en oeuvre du Protocole de Kyoto au Québec / Commission des transports et de l'environnement.

This document is available in PDF format. 72 p. [1580 k]

COMMUNAUTO, 2004. Public transit/Car Sharing Integrated mobility for innovative cities : Public Transit/Car Sharing integration projects for sustainable transportation in Canadian cities. Projet soumis à Transports Canada, le 6 mai 04 (ce projet a été accepté et est présentement en cours).

This document is available in PDF format. 38 p. [556 k]

COMMUNAUTO, 2004. Plan d'urbanisme de Montréal. Mémoire présenté dans le cadre de la consultation organisée par la Ville de Montréal et portant sur son projet de renouvellement du Plan d'urbanisme.

This document is available in PDF format. 16 p. [888 k]

COMMUNAUTO, 2004. Plan d'action visant à augmenter l'attrait de la voiture libre-service en tant qu'alternative à la propriété d'un véhicule à Montréal. Projet soumis au Conseil régional de l'environnement de Montréal (CRE-Montréal) et à plusieurs membres du Comité exécutif de la Ville de Montréal.

This document is available in PDF format. 10 p. [604 k]

COMMUNAUTO, 2005. Opter pour un nouveau style de ville ! Mémoire présenté dans le cadre de la consultation du Gouvernement sur le projet de Plan de développement durable pour le Québec, le 15 février 2005.

This document is available in PDF format. 26 p. [1012 k]

COMMUNAUTO, 2005. Utilisation de véhicules libre-service dans le cadre de déplacements d’affaires par Environnement Canada (EC) et l'Agence des Services Frontaliers du Canada (ASFC) Rapport du projet pilote qui s'est échelonné du 1er janvier au 31 mars 2005.

This document is available in PDF format. 26 p. [1016 k]

COMMUNAUTO, 2005. L’automobile libre-service dans le Plan de Transport de la Ville de Montréal. Mémoire de Communauto soumis le 18 août 2005 dans le cadre de la Consultation portant sur le document « Portrait et Diagnostic ».

This document is available en PDF format. 36 p. [2130 k]

Cervero, Robert; Tsai, Yuhsin, 2003. San Francisco City CarShare: Second-Year Travel Demand and Car Ownership Impacts.

This document is available in PDF format. 28 p. [260 k]

Enoch, Marcus, 2002. How public and private organisations support city car share clubs : A worldwide review . Integration into Urban Planning Work Package. MOSES (Mobility Services for Urban Sustainability) Project European Commission, DG TREN. Energy and Environmental Research Unit. The Open University. Milton Keynes, U.K. 28 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [258 k]

Filosa, Gina , 2006. Carsharing: Establishing Its Role in the Parking Demand Management Toolbox, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University. 69 p.

Ce document est disponible en format PDF. [1080 k]

Floriet, Maïlis, 2007. Paris et l'autopartage - Mémoire présenté dans le cadre du Master Cité et Mobilité. Université de Paris XII. 48 pages.

Ce document est disponible en format PDF. [3400 k]

Glotz-Richter, Michael, 2002. « Bremer Karte plus AutoCard – L’expérience de Brême ». Transport Public International. Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP). Vol. 51 - novembre 2002. pp 16-17. This document is available in JPEG format [approx. 200 k/page].

Holm, Birger et Müler Eberstein, Frank, 2002. « À Dresde, auto-partage et transport public font bon ménage ». Transport Public International. Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP). Vol. 51 - novembre 2002. pp. 18-22. This document is available in JPEG format [approx. 200 k/page].

Jemelin, Christophe et Louvet ,Nicolas 2007. Étude sur l’autopartage à Paris - Analyse des comportements et des représentations qui lui sont associés. (Mairie de Paris) Paris, décembre 2007 - 40 p. [1300 k] Ce document est disponible en format PDF

Jussiant, Line, 2002. « Mobilité combinée et auto-partage ». Transport Public International. Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP). Vol. 51 - novembre 2002. pp 12-15. This document is available in JPEG format [approx. 200 k/page].

Katzev, Richard, 2002. Car Sharing: A New Approach to Urban Transportation Problems. Public Policy Research.

This document is available in PDF format. 41 p. [145 k]

Martin, Basile, 2007. Caractérisation du système d’autopartage dans l’agglomération montréalaise et analyse spatio-temporelle de ses différents objets : usagers, stationnements, véhicules. Mémoire présenté en vue de l’obtention du diplôme de maîtrise des sciences appliquées (Génie Civil). Université de Montréal. 134 pages .

Ce document est disponible en format PDF [4000 k].

Martin-Roy, Stéphanie, 2007. Les utilisateurs de Communauto en banlieue de 1ère couronne de Québec – Motivations, stratégies d’utilisation et pratiques de mobilité. Essai présenté à l’École d’architecture pour l’obtention du grade de maître ès sciences (M.Sc.) Design urbain. Université Laval. 70 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [2200 k]

Millard-Ball, Adam; Murray, Gail; Ter Schure, Jessica; Fox, Christine; Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, 2005. Car-Sharing: Where and How it Succeeds. Transit Cooperative research Program (TCRP) Report 108. Research Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration in Cooperation with the Transit Development Corporation; published by the Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C. 264 p.
For an introduction to the report, see Nelson\Nygaard's web page.

The full version of this document is available in PDF format. 264 pages, 10,7 Mb (Enormous!!).

A brief summary is available (2,8 Mb)
There is also a series of reports aimed at specific partners (N.B. : The first 4 pages of these 8-page documents seem to be virtually identical. The last 4 pages are more specific to the geared audiences):

• local governments (8 pages, 4,9 Mb)

• transit agencies (8 pages, 5,2 Mb)

• developers (8 pages, 9,9 Mb)

• employers and businesses (8 pages, 6,2 Mb)

• universities (8 pages, 5,8 Mb)

Mollet, Petra; Mathieu, Yves et Jussiant, Line, 2002. « L’auto-partage - Un concept ou une réalité future ? Dix regards croisés sur l’auto-partage, pour une vision à l’horizon 2010 ». Transport Public International. Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP). Vol. 51 - novembre 2002. pp 24-27. This document is available in JPEG format [approx. 200 k/page].

MOSES (Mobility Services for urban Sustainability). Design and building of demonstrators –
Deliverable 3.2: Technological Demonstrators and Service Modules – WP3 report.

This document is available in PDF format. 81 p. [2044_k]

MOSES (Mobility Services for urban Sustainability). Design and building of demonstrators –
Deliverable 3.1 – Interim report.

This document is available in PDF format. 103 p. [2380_k]

MOSES (Mobility Services for urban Sustainability). Environmental assessment Report WP 6 –
Deliverable D6.2 – version 1.1. January 18, 2005.

This document is available in PDF format. 43 p. [331_k]

MOSES (Mobility Services for urban Sustainability). User needs report – WP2.2.

This document is available in PDF format. 54 p. [2000 k]

MOSES (Mobility Services for urban Sustainability), 2003. Moving the City: A Guided Tour of the Transport Integration Strategy in Bremen, Germany. An illustrated paper version of a video.

This document is available in PDF format. 54 p. [868 k]

MOSES (Mobility Services for urban Sustainability), 2005. Keys to Car-Sharing: moving the City of tomorrow. Conclusions from the meeting held in Brussels on January 27 and 28, 2005.

This document is available in PDF format. 81 p. [2044 k]. The full presentations given at the final conference are available at this address: http://213.170.188.3/moses/index.asp?page=37

Polis, 2001. Car-Sharing – Intelligent mobility for European Cities. 8 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [997 k]

Rodier, Caroline; Shaheen, Susan, 2003. Carsharing and Carfree Housing: Predicted Travel, Emission, and Economic Benefits: A Case Study of the Sacramento, California Region. Submitted to Transportation Research Board (TRB).

This document is available in PDF format. 19 p. [295 k]

Robert, Benoît, 2005. « L'automobile libre-service et le transport en commun : en route pour un nouveau paradigme en transport urbain ». Policy Options Politiques, July-Aug. 2005, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 32-38.

This document is available in PDF format. 7 p. [132 k]

Robert, Benoît, 2005. Recueil de textes sur Communauto inc. Mémoire de maîtrise présenté à l'Université Laval.

This document is available in PDF format. 157 pages, 6700 k (huge !!). There is also a leaner version of this document [PDF, 3910 k] from which the last 3 appendices have been shed.

This document is available in PDF format. 19 p. [295 k]

Routes & Transport, Le DUO auto + bus : une alternative attrayante à la possession automobile, Vol. 36, N° 2, été 2007, pp. 34-36.

Rydén, Christian; Morin, Emma, 2004. Legal, political and fiscal incentives and barriers for car-sharing – Horizontal issues report WP6. MOSES (Mobility Services for urban Sustainability). 38 p. This document is available in PDF format. [1080 k]

Scott, Steven; Brook, Dave; Perussi, Matei, 2003. Impacts of Car Sharing on Walking Behavior.

This document is available in PDF format. 11 p. [191 k]

Shaheen, Susan; Schwartz, Andrew; Wipyewski, Kamill, 2003. U.S. Carsharing & Station Car Policy Considerations, Monitoring Growth, Trends & Overall Impacts. Submitted to Transportation Research Board (TRB).

This document is available in PDF format. 17 p. [153 k]

Shaheen, Susan; Meyn, Mollyanne, 2002. Shared-use vehicle services: a survey of North American market developments. California Department of Transportation and Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH). 12 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [262 k]

Shaheen, Susan A.; Cohen, Adam P.; Roberts, J. Darius, 2005. Carsharing in North America: market growth, current development, and future potential. Submitted to Transportation Research Board (TRB). 18 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [385 k]

Tecsult inc., 2006. Le projet auto + bus : évaluation d'initiatives de mobilité combinée dans les villes canadiennes. 247 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [385 k]

Traue, Roy, 2001. State.of.the.art.report. MOSES (Mobility Services for urban Sustainability) deliverable D 2.1.

This document is available in PDF format. 38 p. [709_k]

UITP, 2003. Bremen paper - Public Transport and Car-Sharing : together for the better. Conclusion des atelier tenus à Brême (Allemagne), les 4-5 décembre 2002. 4 p.

This document is available in PDF format. [189 k]

UITP, 2002. « L'Auto-partage et le Transport public – Ensemble pour une mobilité durable », TPI magazine, nov. 2002. 16 pages dealing with car-sharing, in both French and English.

United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration, 2005. Metropolitan Seattle Transit-Oriented Development and Flexcar - Seattle, WA. published in MITIGATING TRAFFIC CONGESTION - THE ROLE OF DEMAND-SIDE STRATEGIES. Oct. 2004. This document is available online, in HTML format.

Vägverket, 2003. Make space for Car-sharing — Car-sharing in Sweden, its definition, potential and effects, IT-solutions for administering it, and strategies to further its development. 29 pages.

This document is available in PDF format. [691 k]

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