Zipcar. RelayRides. Car2Go. Lyft. Uber. The sharing economy is quickly paving new roads in the automotive industry, establishing a web of transportation options. Hitchhiking, it seems, is back — in one form or another. According to our data, 8% of all adults have participated in some form of automotive sharing. 1% have served as providers under this new model, chauffeuring passengers around or loaning out their car by the hour, day or week. Of all the categories we examined, this is the one in which consumers would most like to see the sharing economy succeed.

All of this has made sharing systems — be they car-sharing,

ride-sharing or bike-sharing — far more appealing. And

while the price of gas may be going down, the trend away

from ownership isn’t likely to change considerably.