Research Approach and Early Findings

CarLink II is a commuter-based carsharing pilot project administered by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis) in conjunction with Caltrans, American Honda Motor Company, and Caltrain. Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) researchers are conducting the evaluation. Launched in Summer 2001, CarLink II continues the investigation of commuter-based carsharing that was originally explored in the 1998 CarLink longitudinal survey (Shaheen, 1999) and the1999 CarLink I field test (Shaheen et al., 2000). Lessons learned during the CarLink Ifield test helped guide the project team’s design of the CarLink II project, resulting in several differences and improvements.