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E-Scooter - Potentiale, Herausforderungen und Implikationen für das Verkehrssystem: Abschlussbericht Kurzstudie E-Scooter

open access: yes, 2021
In Deutschland werden mit dem Pkw täglich fast 30 Mio. Fahrten unter 2 km zurückgelegt. Weitere rund 30 Mio. Pkw-Fahrten sind unter 5 km lang. Im Sinne einer nachhaltigen, städtischen Mobilität gilt es die Frage zu beantworten, wie bzw. mit welchen alternativen Verkehrsmitteln diese kurzen Strecken zurückgelegt werden könnten.
Gebhardt, Laura   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
wiley   +1 more source

Who will use electric vehicles? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Electric vehicles (EVs) are currently seen as an important means to make transport more sustainable; however, so far, only a few EVs are actually on the roads.
Dütschke, Elisabeth   +2 more
core   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying e-scooter rider profiles in the United States: A latent class cluster analysis

open access: yesJournal of Cycling and Micromobility Research
The global rise of e-scooters as a novel form of micromobility has reshaped urban transportation. Positioned as a sustainable mobility solution, transportation scholars underline that e-scooters have the potential to replace short car trips, reduce ...
Aurojeet Jena   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

How and Where Should I Ride This Thing? “Rules Of The Road” for Personal Transportation Devices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In recent years, “Personal Transportation Devices” (PTDs) have exploded onto streets and sidewalks. These small devices transport individual persons at slow speeds and are either human-powered or motorized.
Agrawal, Asha Weinstein   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Empowering the Internet of Vehicles with Multi-RAT 5G Network Slicing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is a hot research niche exploiting the synergy between Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS) and the Internet of Things (IoT), which can greatly benefit of the upcoming development of 5G technologies.
Covaci, Stefan   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Impact of Banning a Rideshare E‐Scooter Programme on Emergency Department Presentations in Perth: A Natural Experiment

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background E‐scooters have become a popular, low‐cost mode of urban transport worldwide, with rideshare programmes increasing public access. However, safety concerns are growing, with many studies describing injury patterns and healthcare burden. This study evaluated the impact of the suspension of rideshare e‐scooters on emergency department (
Joshua Briotti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Equity Impacts of Congestion Management Strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This white paper examines the social equity impacts of various congestion management strategies. The paper includes a comprehensive list of 30 congestion management strategies and a discussion of equity implications related to each strategy.
Meza, Ruth   +2 more
core  

Enhancing road safety behaviour using a psychological and spiritual approaches [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Main causes of accident is due to driver itself that is influenced by their bad attitude while driving. Human attitude is closely related to the human psychology. Apart from that, spiritual aspect also influence human attitude.
Ambak, Kamarudin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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