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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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Characteristics and costs of electric scooter injuries in Helsinki: a retrospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background and purpose The incidence of electric scooter (e-scooter) injuries has increased drastically in numerous countries after widespread availability of shared e-scooters.
Henri Vasara, Linda Toppari, Veli-Pekka Harjola, Kaisa Virtanen, Maaret Castrén, Arja Kobylin   +5 more
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Shared E-scooters: Business, Pleasure, or Transit?

, 2019
Shared e-scooters have become a familiar sight in many cities around the world. Yet the role they play in the mobility space is still poorly understood. This paper presents a study of the use of Bird e-scooters in the city of Atlanta. Starting with raw data which contains the location of available Birds over time, the study identifies trips and ...
Espinoza, William, Howard, Matthew, Lane, Julia, Van Hentenryck, Pascal   +3 more
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Are e-Scooters Parked Near Bus Stops? Findings from Louisville, Kentucky

Findings, 2021
With the increasing popularity of shared e--scooters, understanding where they are parked becomes crucial, especially for integrating them with existing public transportation services.
Mohamed Abouelela, Christelle Al Haddad, Constantinos Antoniou   +2 more
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Benefits of Relocation on E-scooter Sharing - a Data-Informed Approach

2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), 2021
E-scooter sharing lets people rent an e-scooter while the system owner manages the fleet. Relocation is fundamental to increase system utilization and revenues, but it is also an expensive task. In this paper we aim at assessing the benefits of relocation while quantifying its economic costs. For this, we rely on trace driven simulations where we build
Tolomei, Leonardo, Fiorini, Stefano, Ciociola, Alessandro, Vassio, Luca, Giordano, Danilo, Mellia, Marco   +5 more
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Exploring shared e-scooter trip patterns and links to public transport service level

Multimodal Transportation
This paper explores how public transport and shared e-scooter travel interact. Trip end travel patterns of shared e-scooter users are explored in relation to Public Transport service levels. An index measuring transit service level is developed.
Graham Currie, Alexa Delbosc, Ryan Cox, Mahesha Jayawardhena, James Reynolds   +4 more
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E-Scooter and Bike Share Final Paper

, 2018
Here is the final research paper describing our methods, results, and discussion for the project.
Chin, Emily, LaValle, Whitney, Jackson, Sean, Molas, Jenna   +3 more
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The Sharing Economy: Do e-scooters make the cut?

MacEwan University Student eJournal, 2020
Sharing is as old as civilization itself. Corporations now are taking an old idea and creating a strategic model with the help of technology. This modern sharing economy, while having roots in sustainable practices, can often be mistaken as an inherently sustainable business model.
Brady Bailey, Sarah Sereda
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Life Cycle Assessment of Shared Dockless Stand-up E-scooters in Sweden

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Shared stand-up e-scooters have been used in Sweden since 2018. Both models in use and policies applied in different cities have evolved rapidly. The objective of this study was to examine the environmental impacts of shared stand-up e-scooters in use in
Kristina Holmgren, Elin Einarson Lindvall, Joakim Rosell   +2 more
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How weather and built environment factors influence e-scooter ridership: Understanding non-linear and time varying effects

Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research
Our understanding of non-linear and time varying effects on shared e-scooter ridership dynamics is limited. Consequently, both operators and city councils supporting shared e-scooter schemes do not have the requisite information to help optimise ...
Ying Lu, Lihong Zhang, Jonathan Corcoran
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