Examining municipal guidelines for users of shared E-Scooters in the United States

The emergence of shared electric scooters (E-Scooters) has drawn the significant attention of local governments in many urban areas. Despite the fast growth in the number of trips, current guidelines for using E-Scooters have consistently experienced lags in development. Existing guidelines, in some cities, are rather vague and vary drastically across different areas. This paper aims to analyze current municipal requirements for the use of E-Scooters in the U.S., and to discuss more gaps for improvement. Specifically, E-Scooter user guidelines of 156 cities were explored. A multifaceted analysis was conducted to characterize the distinct features of E-Scooter user guidelines. A total of sixteen key attributes were identified and two categorizing procedures were implemented in the analysis. The comparative results show the completeness of information and similarities between cities. The authors conclude that municipalities should introduce more actionable guidelines driven by quantitative performance metrics.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102710
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136192092100016X
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  • © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Ma, Qingyu
  • Yang, Hong
  • Ma, Yifang
  • Yang, Di
  • Hu, Xianbiao
  • Xie, Kun
• Publication Date: 2021-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 92
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities and towns; Electric vehicles; Guidelines; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Scooters; Vehicle sharing
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01767668
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 2021 11:13AM