Enhanced Braking of E-Scooters
The Evolving Scholar, 2023 The growing popularity of e-scooters is unfortunately accompanied by an increasing number of accidents and injuries. To improve the safety properties of this new type of vehicles, a braking assistance system is outlined in this study. Based on a simulation model of e-scooter, tyre–road contact, and human rider body, strategies are investigated to ...
Florian Klinger +2 more
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Investigating the Influence of Dockless Electric Bike-share on Travel Behavior, Attitudes, Health, and Equity [PDF]
, 2020 Cities throughout the world have implemented bike-share systems as a strategy for expanding mobility options. While these have attracted substantial ridership, little is known about their influence on travel behavior more broadly.
Fitch, Dillon, PhD +2 more
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Urban drinking and driving:comparison of electric scooter and bicycle related accidents in facial fracture patients [PDF]
, 2020 In recent years, electric scooters (e-scooter) have emerged as an alternative mode of urban transport due to their availability and effortless use. However, e-scooter-related trauma and injuries, especially to the head, have received wide media coverage ...
Abio, Anne +4 more
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Drunk or Sober? Number of alcohol units perceived to be safe before riding e-scooter [PDF]
, 2022 Riding an e-scooter under the influence of alcohol is one of the most frequently reported risky behaviours among riders in various countries, especially in the Nordic countries.
Klöckner, Christian Andreas Nikolaus +2 more
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Factors Influencing the Usage of Shared E-scooters : A Case Study of Chicago [PDF]
, 2021 The rapid popularity growth of shared e-scooters creates the necessity of understanding the determinants of shared e-scooter usage. This thesis estimates the impacts of temporal variables (weather data, weekday/weekend, and gasoline prices) and time ...
Tuli, Farzana Mehzabin
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Electric scooters as a silent source of danger in increasing use among young people: A single-center in-depth accident analysis [PDF]
, 2023 BACKGROUND: The reasons for the increase in accidents involving shared stand-up e-scooters in recent years may be the widespread use of e-scooters among young people, especially in metropolitan areas with heavy traffic, non-compliance with traffic rules,
Ağdoğan, Özgür +5 more
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Journal of Urban Mobility, 2023 Electric scooter sharing systems have emerged as an innovative short distance transport mode. Since these systems are dockless, they require collection for maintenance and charging, as well as rebalancing operations citywide, justifying the need for an ...
Ana Filipa Reis +2 more
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Policy instruments to promote electro-mobilityiIn the Eu28: A comprehensive review [PDF]
, 2018 Despite its environmental benefits, the amount of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in use within the European Union 28 is still very limited. Poor penetration might be explained by certain factors that dissuade potential buyers.
Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, José Manuel +2 more
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Comparing the characteristics of electric scooter and bicycle injuries: a retrospective cohort study
Scientific ReportsElectric scooters (e-scooters) and bicycles are used for similar purposes as transportation. Few studies have shown that e-scooter and bicycle accidents differ in terms of user-profiles and injury characteristics.
Laura Seitakari +4 more
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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
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