Abstract
Shared micro-mobility, including station-based bike-sharing and dock-less bike-/scooter-sharing, experienced phenomenal growth in the past decade in cities across the globe. It is low traffic impact, eco-friendly, and associated with a healthy lifestyle. Cities see it as a viable solution to solve issues related to congested, polluted, and auto-centric urban transport. In this chapter, I overview the history of shared micro-mobility. I then broadly summarize the existing research on shared micro-mobility systems around the world and explore how shared micro-mobility has transformed urban transport for its users. Using an empirical case from the city of Brisbane, Australia, I demonstrate the usage and limitations associated with shared micro-mobility trip big data. Lastly, I narrate two possible scenarios of the shared micro-mobility future. I conclude the chapter with a call for collaborations between cities, vendors, and researchers to make shared micro-mobility work for our future urban transport.
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The author would like to acknowledge Neuron’s contribution to providing Brisbane e-scooter sharing trip data for research purposes. The empirical analysis solely reflects the author’s own interpretation and is not subject to Neuron’s company values or opinions. This research is not funded externally by any grant. All images in this chapter are produced by the author.
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Zou, Z. (2023). Shared Micro-mobility: A Panacea or a Patch for Our Urban Transport Problems?. In: Goodspeed, R., Sengupta, R., Kyttä, M., Pettit, C. (eds) Intelligence for Future Cities. CUPUM 2023. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31746-0_6
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