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ABSTRACT
The integration of shared e-scooters with public transit is a promising solution for urban mobility's first/last-mile challenge. This study explores spatiotemporal factors influencing this integration, using 35-day e-scooter trip data from Chicago. Employing a random-effect negative binomial approach, we modeled the frequency of e-scooter trips to access/egress to/from bus stops and train stations. Results indicate that weather conditions, design features like intersection density, and multimodal network density significantly influence usage. The transit system characteristics such as service frequency have a positive effect on the integration of e-scooters and trains while a similar effect for bus and e-scooter integration was not significant. Furthermore, safety-related variables such as accident and crime rates as well as demographic characteristics were also revealed to be significant factors in our study. These findings offer vital insights to urban planners and policymakers for infrastructure, safety enhancements, and interventions to encourage efficient e-scooter-public transit integration.
Acknowledgments
“The work described in this paper is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) under the Systems and Modeling for Accelerated Research in Transportation (SMART) Mobility Laboratory Consortium, an initiative of the Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) Program. The submitted manuscript has been created by the UChicago Argonne, LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne). Argonne, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science laboratory, is operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. The U.S. Government retains for itself, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in said article to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government.”
“Also, this publication is based on the results of ICT-R27-215, Analyzing the Impacts of a Successful Diffusion of Shared E-scooters and other Micro-mobility Devices and Efficient Management Strategies for Successful Operations in Illinois. ICT-R27-215 was conducted in cooperation with the Illinois Center for Transportation, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Office of Program Development, and the US. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.”
Disclosure statement
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Author contributions
The authors confirm their contribution to the paper as follows: study conception and design: All authors; data collection: M. Javadinasr, E. Rahimi; analysis and interpretation of results: M. Javadinasr, A. Davatgari; draft manuscript preparation: M. Javadinasr, A. Davatgari, M. Mohammadi. All authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript. The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to declare.