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Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2023 Shared e-scooters were introduced in urban public spaces as a way to promote a modal shift from cars in short-distance trips, as well as to improve sustainability, resilience, and equity in urban transport.
Ribeiro P, Gabriel José Cabral Dias
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E-scooters: competition with shared bicycles and relationship to public transport
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021 E-scooters have recently emerged as an alternative means of transportation in cities. It remains unclear whether e-scooters compete for users with bicycles – another mode of shared micromobility.
Łukasz Nawaro
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Are shared electric scooters energy efficient?
Communications in Transportation Research, 2021 Shared electric scooters (e-scooter) are booming across the world and widely regarded as a sustainable mobility service. An increasing number of studies have investigated the e-scooter trip patterns, safety risks, and environmental impacts, but few ...
Pan Liu, Yuxuan Wang, Jiaming Wu
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Perceptions of shared e-scooters service among university students in Braga, Portugal
Transportation EngineeringShared e-scooters were introduced in cities as a promise to provide accessible, affordable, flexible, and sustainable mobility. However, it is still unknown if this mode can contribute to reaching sustainability and whether it is perceived by the ...
Gabriel José Cabral Dias
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Popular but precarious: low helmet use among shared micromobility program riders in San Francisco [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundShared micromobility programs (SMPs) are integral to urban transport in US cities, providing sustainable transit options. Increased use has raised safety concerns, notably about helmet usage among e-scooter and e-bicycle riders.
Willow Frye +14 more
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Can battery swapping stations make micro-mobility more environmentally sustainable? [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 The rapid spread of shared micromobility services e.g. e-scooters raises questions about their ecological impacts. Previous Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) show that the ecological impacts of shared mobility services vary significantly depending on the ...
Finke Sebastian +4 more
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Optimal Rebalancing Strategy for Shared e-Scooter Using Genetic Algorithm
Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2023 Shared e-scooters are provided as a free-floating service that can be freely rented and returned within the service area. Although this has a positive effect in terms of convenience for users of shared e-scooters, it is creating new urban problems, such ...
Sujae Kim, Gyeongjae Lee, Sangho Choo
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Factors Affecting e-Scooter Mode Substitution
Findings, 2022 What transport modes do e-scooters replace? This article analyses the results from a web survey conducted among customers who were registered with five different shared e-scooter apps in Norway in October-November 2021.
Nils Fearnley
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Access distance to e-scooters: Analysis of app use and trip data in Stockholm
Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, 2023 Users’ access distance to shared micromobility services is an important component of travel patterns, a determinant of travel choices, and input to determining service catchment areas.
Boel Berg Wincent +2 more
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The Preferences of Shared Micro-Mobility Users in Urban Areas
IEEE Access, 2023 This research focuses on the preferences of micro-mobility users in urban areas, specifically shared electric bikes (e-bikes), shared conventional bikes (bike), and shared electric scooters (e-scooters).
Ahmed Jaber +2 more
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