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Student behaviour towards Free-Floating Carsharing: First evidences of the experience in Madrid

Publicated to:Transportation Research Procedia. 33 243-250 - 2018-01-01 33(), DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2018.10.099

Authors: Guirao B; Ampudia M; Molina R; García-Valdecasas J

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Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicacion, Madrid - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Caminos, Avda Prof Aranguren S-N, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Mobility in large cities is changing. Congestion and space problems and the growing concern for the environment make the citizen begin to abandon the private vehicle and look for alternatives of transportation. More flexible carsharing systems, such as Free-Floating Carsharing (FFCS), have broken into the markets of European and US cities, experiencing a surprising growth in demand. Smartphone applications enable the user to search and book a car close to his geographical position within a service area defined by each FFCS company. Users can take and leave the cars freely in public parking spaces inside the service area. Flexibility is, therefore, the main attraction and the most revolutionary feature of FFCS systems. While there is an extensive literature about the impacts of traditional station-based carsharing systems on public transportation and sustainability, little work has been done on FFCS systems. This paper contributes to the limited existing literature with an analysis of the behaviour of university students towards FFCS systems, taking Madrid (Ciudad Universitaria Campus) as case study. University students are a likely user population group, so their mobility patterns and transportation preferences have been studied. The methodology has been based on two survey campaigns conducted with a one-year time slot (2016: 186 valid questionnaires; 2017: 213 valid questionnaires). The results clearly show how the quality attributes of FFCS depend strongly on the maximum distance and time accepted by each user to walk and wait in the search of an available car.

Keywords
CarsharingFree-floating carsharingMobility patternsUniversity studentsUser behaviour

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Transportation Research Procedia due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Transportation.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.63, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-25, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 4
  • Scopus: 8
  • OpenCitations: 7
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 43 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GUIRAO ABAD, BEGOÑA) and Last Author (GARCIA-VALDECASAS BERNAL, JAVIER).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GUIRAO ABAD, BEGOÑA.