This paper explores to what extent a road-use charge levied from transport network companies for their ridesharing services can mitigate negative impacts of ridesharing. This approach is being applied in the city of São Paulo in Brazil.

This paper explores to what extent a road-use charge levied from transport network companies for their ridesharing services can mitigate negative impacts of ridesharing. This approach is being applied in the city of São Paulo in Brazil.

Americans drive 2,360,000,000,000 miles each year, far outstripping other nations. Every time a driver takes to the road, and with each mile she drives, she exposes herself and others to the risk of accident. Insurance premiums are only weakly linked to mileage, however, and have largely...