Connecting metros with shared electric scooters: Comparisons with shared bikes and taxis

Ma, Qingyu; Xin, Yanan; Yang, Hong; Xie, Kun

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2022.103376

Cited by 15 publications

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“…For example, e-scooters are frequently used for short-distance trips. E-scooters can be an option for connecting to metro stations ( 10 ). With their portable and dockless characteristics, e-scooters can be ridden in various places, which brings new challenges in operations and safety concerns ( 11 , 12 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Use of Mobile Sensing Data for Assessing Vibration Impact of E-Scooters with Different Wheel Sizes

Yang

Yan

2023

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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With the growing demand of shared electric scooters (e-scooters) for short-distance trips in urban areas, their safety issues have received significant attention from various stakeholders. In general, e-scooter riders encounter more vibrations compared with users of other transportation modes such as bicycles that typically have larger wheels and better suspension systems. Such riding experience may lead to discomfort, affect riders’ health, and increase riding risk. Intuitively, increasing e-scooters’ wheel sizes may provide safer and more comfortable riding experience. However, this assumption has not been well tested. The main objective of this paper is to curtail this gap by quantitatively assessing the impacts riders experienced, through the use mobile sensing data. Specifically, a mobile sensing platform was deployed on e-scooters with different wheel sizes to continuously measure encountered vibrations. Then, the instrumented e-scooters were ridden on routes with different pavement materials. Finally, the collected data were further processed and analyzed to evaluate various riding issues in each riding scenario. The comparative results suggest that e-scooters with larger wheels can efficiently alleviate vibrations during a ride compared with those with smaller wheels. To improve riding experience and safety, it is beneficial to use larger-wheel e-scooters, given other similar riding conditions.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Use of Mobile Sensing Data for Assessing Vibration Impact of E-Scooters with Different Wheel Sizes

Yang

Yan

2023

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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“…Liu and Lin ( 31 ) conducted a multinomial logit model to clarify the similarities and differences between scooter sharing and bike sharing use with regard to the link between built environments and spatiotemporal patterns. Ma et al ( 32 ) developed a multinomial logistic regression model to uncover how the mode choices to/from metro stations vary in different contexts and further explored the integration of shared e-scooters with public transportation systems. Reck et al ( 33 ) combined GPS tracks, booking data, and survey data to propose a mixed logit model that discusses the mode choice behavior between different personal micromobility.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating Factors that Influence the Intention to Use Electric Scooter Sharing in a Market with Multiple Service Providers: Combined UTAUT2 and Brand Attitude

Chien

Liang

2023

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Electric scooter sharing (ESS) is widely considered to be a solution to first- and last-mile transportation problems in metropolitan areas. With more ESS service providers entering and coexisting in the same market, multiple operators with different brands may influence the usage intentions (UI) of ESS users. To investigate the factors that influence the intention to use ESS in a market with multiple service providers, this study adopted the Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) as its conceptual model, extending it by incorporating brand attitude (BA). Focusing on ESS in Taiwan, the study designed a questionnaire and conducted a survey, collecting 411 valid responses. Analysis of the data using structural equation modeling (SEM) found several latent variables had significant positive direct effects on UI and mediation effects on UI through BA. Multigroup analysis also showed that the effects of brand preferences on UI were statistically significantly different, indicating that ESS is heterogeneous as a result of brand disparity, and service providers already had different market positions. The managerial implications and insights derived from the SEM results provide valuable suggestions for the development strategies of government agencies and the marketing strategies of operators.

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“…However, the implementation of shared bicycles in some cities is relatively unsatisfactory due to the poor accessibility of the docking stations [36,37]. Other travel modes such as bus, car, and taxi, which devote to a portion of feeder trips for metro access and egress, are also important [5,16,38,39]. But predefned routes and fxed schedules constrain bus systems.…”

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“…With the facts mentioned above, the large volume of taxi GPS data has attracted more researchers to study the patterns and infuencing factors of taxi activities. But only a few studies investigated taxi-metro integrated use [16,[47][48][49]. Ni and Chen found dockless shared bikes and taxis were the main feeder modes for metro access/egress due to high fexibility and accessibility and compared the temporal-spatial distribution of two modes as feeder mode, suggesting people living in central areas with high housing prices and well-developed arterial roads tending to take taxis during evening peak period [39].…”

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“…However, studies focusing on taxi-metro integrated use are scarce. Most rely on subjective surveys, which are limited by the spatial and temporal scales, and alternatively, OD data are most frequently used in mode choice analysis [16]. It has barely been discussed how the feeder-process-related (feeder-related) built environment impacts the integrated taxi-metro use.…”

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Impacts of the Feeder-Related Built Environment on Taxi-Metro Integrated Use in Lanzhou, China

Chen

Hao

et al. 2023

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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It is very common that taxi is used as a feeder mode to/from a metro station especially in third-tier cities of China. But research on taxi-metro integrated use is rather limited. This paper investigates the relationship between feeder-related built environment and taxi-metro integrated use by using taxi trajectory data in Lanzhou, China. Firstly, regression models are developed to explore the transfer distance of access/egress trips during peak hours. Then, the catchment area is delineated for collecting feeder-related environment variables. Finally, several negative binomial regressions are employed to examine the relationships between feeder-related built environment and taxi-metro integrated use during peak hours on weekdays. The results reveal that (a) people prefer to use taxi as feeder mode for metro access during morning peak hours and for metro egress during evening peak hours; (b) the transfer distance of taxi-metro integrated use is about 3.8 km; (c) higher mixed land use generates more taxi-metro integrated use during evening peak hours. Higher proportion of residential land use attracts more taxi-metro integrated use for metro access during morning peak hours. Those findings will help transport planners to develop tailored land-use interventions to improve transit accessibility and promote the sustainable multimodal travel.

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Connecting metros with shared electric scooters: Comparisons with shared bikes and taxis

Cited by 15 publications

References 35 publications

Use of Mobile Sensing Data for Assessing Vibration Impact of E-Scooters with Different Wheel Sizes

Use of Mobile Sensing Data for Assessing Vibration Impact of E-Scooters with Different Wheel Sizes

Investigating Factors that Influence the Intention to Use Electric Scooter Sharing in a Market with Multiple Service Providers: Combined UTAUT2 and Brand Attitude

Impacts of the Feeder-Related Built Environment on Taxi-Metro Integrated Use in Lanzhou, China

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