Ridehailing and alcohol-involved traffic fatalities in the United States: The average and heterogeneous association of uber.

ABSTRACT: Ridehailing services such as Uber have been promoted as viable interventions for curbing alcohol-involved driving fatalities. However, evidence of ridehailing's impact has been mixed, with some studies finding no association but others finding either an increase or a decrease in fatalities. We contribute to this literature by examining more recent years of data, which capture a period during which Uber ridership has grown substantially and alcohol-involved fatalities have increased. Furthermore, we test whether the relationship between Uber availability and traffic fatalities depends on local characteristics. We employ multivariate regression models to test the association between Uber availability and total, alcohol-involved, and weekend and holiday-specific traffic fatalities in the 100

SUBMITTER: Brazil N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7485824 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature