Digital technologies and industrial transformations: considerations of the effects of digitization of the individualized publics transports in France
In France, the reform of the individualized transport sector comes along with the emergence of new digital platforms, around which new mobility services are being developed. The expansion of these new players and the specific characteristics of their economic model are causing many transformations. They test the traditional foundations of the economy of the involved activities, the structure of the industry and that of the market. The dysfunctions that are inherent to these developments have repercussions on the socio-economic conditions of the drivers and their work layout. This article discusses the effects of service digitization in the individualized transport sector in France. It shows how the aggregation of technological resources and the changes in the political and economic environment contribute to the emergence of a new order in which business practices are being deployed, affecting the structure of trades, employment relations and working conditions.