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“I’ll Take the E-Scooter Instead of My Car”—The Potential of E-Scooters as a Substitute for Car Trips in Germany [PDF]

Sustainability, 2021
Considering the controversial discussion about the sustainability and usefulness of e-scooters, in this study, we analyzed the substitution potential of e-scooters, especially with regard to car trips. Based on data from the national mobility survey in Germany (Mobility in Germany, MiD 2017), we identified trips that could be covered purely by an e ...
Gebhardt, Laura, Wolf, Christian, Seiffert, Robert   +2 more
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Electric Scooters (e-scooters): Assessing the Threat to Public Health and Safety in Setting Policies: Assessing e-scooter policies

, 2020
Objective: To determine self-reported incidences of health and safety hazards among persons who ride rentable electric scooters (e-scooters), knowledge of e-scooter laws, and attitudes and perceptions of the health and safety of e-scooter usage ...
Apathy, Nate, Bartlett, Stephanie, Weaver, Alexis, Zepeda, Isabel, Finnell, John T., Meyer, Star, Legg, Rebekah, Embi, Peter J., D'Cruz, Lynn, Endri, Katelyn, Bestmann, Zoe, O'Brien, Patrick, Harmon, Brittany, Bradshaw, Jacob, Comer, Amber R., Grannis, Shaun, Waite, Carly, Sabec, Micha, Sayeed, Jami, Marchand, McKenzi, Burchfield, Emily, Silverman, Ross D.   +21 more
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Beyond personal vehicles: How electrifying scooters will help achieve climate mitigation goals in Taiwan

Energy Strategy Reviews, 2023
Electrification is considered a key enabler for decarbonizing road transportation. Recently, increasing attention has been directed to the deployment of electric two-wheelers in cities across the globe. However, climate change mitigation potential across
Yuan-Hsi Chien, I-Yun Lisa Hsieh, Tsung-Heng Chang   +2 more
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Aspects of E-Scooter Sharing in the Smart City

Informatics, 2022
The contemporary urban environment faces such challenges as overloaded traffic, heavy pollution, and social problems, etc. The concept of the “smart city” allows solving some of these issues. One of the opportunities provided by the smart city is the development of micro-mobility and sharing services; contributing to the optimization of transport flows
Yelena Popova, Diana Zagulova
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Detection of E-scooter Riders in Naturalistic Scenes

CoRR, 2021
E-scooters have become ubiquitous vehicles in major cities around the world.The numbers of e-scooters keep escalating, increasing their interactions with other cars on the road. Normal behavior of an e-scooter rider varies enormously to other vulnerable road users.
Kumar Apurv, Renran Tian, Rini Sherony
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Exploring the determinants of shared e-scooters acceptance: A case study of Chinese college students

Journal of Public Transportation
Shared electric scooters (shared e-scooters) have emerged as a promising green transportation mode, demonstrating significant advantages in mitigating urban environmental pressure and alleviating traffic congestion due to their electric-driven nature and
Minyu Shen, Jing Lin, Sangen Hu, Chaojing Li, Boqian Song   +4 more
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When do shared e-scooters complement or compete with public transport? A mixed-method review and comparison with bike sharing

Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research
E-scooters are one of the latest additions to transport networks in many countries and their popularity is increasing rapidly. A range of studies have been conducted to understand the relationship between e-scooters and public transport.
Mahesha Jayawardhena, Alexa Delbosc, Graham Currie, Geoff Rose   +3 more
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To own or share e-scooters? Factors in ownership and sharing of e-scooters

Research in Transportation Business & Management
This paper aims to determine how consumer innovativeness, susceptibility to interpersonal influence, personal norms, and innovation attribute perceptions affect the consumer decision to use, share, and own an e-scooter. The decision to use encompasses traveling using an e-scooter, sharing means using an e-scooter on a demand basis, and owning means ...
Flores, Phil Justice, Jansson, Johan, Nilsson, Jonas, Nordlund, Annika, Westin, Kerstin   +4 more
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E-Scooters innner city Vienna - deployment prospects and environmental impact [PDF]

, 2020
E-Scooters are everywhere nowadays. They seem to be well accepted by general population and are quickly gaining popularity among all ages and social classes.
Jovicic, Goran
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E-scooters in Greater Manchester [PDF]

, 2022
This report presents the !ndings of a University ofSalford study focused on the shared e-scooter trialtaking place in Greater Manchester and launched inautumn 2020.
Lomas, M, Sherriff, A, Blazejewski, L
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