Ridesharing

Ridesharing services have reshaped urban transportation. We examine how they have also affected alcohol consumption and traffic crashes.

We study how access to ridesharing affects people’s behavior and health outcomes, including their use of space, risks for injury, and alcohol consumption. The impacts are mixed. Using data from Chicago, New York, New Jersey, and around the US, we’ve found that ridesharing reduces drunk driver crashes and that subsidized ridesharing can be used as part of a targeted strategy to reduce crash incidence. But ridesharing is also associated with increased pedestrian crashes and assaults.

  1. Morrison CN, Kirk DS, Brazil N, Humphreys DK. Ridehailing and road traffic crashes: A critical review. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2022, 191(5):751-758.

  2. Mehranbod CA, Gobaud AN, Morrison CN. Ridesharing and alcohol-related assaults in NYC: A spatial ecological case-crossover study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2022, 232:109321.

  3. Humphreys DK, Degli Esposti M, Williams FM, Kondo M, Morrison CN. Assessing the impact of a local community subsidized rideshare program on road traffic injuries: An evaluation of the Evesham Saves Lives Program. Injury Prevention, 2021, 27:232-237.

  4. Morrison CN, D’Ambrosi G, Kamb A, MacManus K, Rundle AG, Humphreys DK. Rideshare trips and alcohol-involved motor vehicle crashes in Chicago. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2021, 82(6):720-729.

  5. Morrison CN, Mehranbod C, Kwizera M, Rundle AG, Keyes KM, Humphreys DK. Ridesharing and motor vehicle crashes: A spatial ecological case-crossover study of trip-level data. Injury Prevention, 2021, 27:118-123.

  6. Morrison C, Jacoby SF, Dong B, Delgado MK, Wiebe DJ. Ridesharing and motor vehicle crashes in four U.S. cities: An interrupted time-series analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2018; 187(2): 224-232.

  7. Morrison CN, Humphreys DK, Wiebe DJ. Associations between ridesharing and motor vehicle crashes. JAMA Surgery, 2022; 157(3):277.

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