UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail was interviewed in an article about R-Club, a new car-sharing club in Toronto. Here is a quote from Professor Brail from Toronto’s newest car-share company caters to a need for speed, published online by CTV News Toronto, July 20, 2019:
According to Shauna Brail, an associate professor at the University of Toronto, there were only 1500 car-share vehicles on North American roads in 2010. Now there are more than 130,000.
An estimated 2.9 million people are currently using car-sharing services in North America, Brail said.
“A vehicle is something that sits idle 95 per cent of the time. Owning a vehicle is the second most expensive household expense for a family at close to $10,000 per year,” said Brail. “It’s not just a trend. It’s something many people are moving towards, including the automotive companies. In the automotive sector, they’re talking about three things—a move to autonomous, electric and shared.”