Tag: Micromobility

Scooting to a New Era in Active Transportation: Examining the Use and Safety of E-scooters

  • June 23rd, 2022

The modern transportation paradigm is an ever-shifting target and, most recently, micro-mobility options such as electric shared scooter systems (e-scooters) have been contributing to local municipalities’ ability to adapt. Although several agencies have moved towards a “regulate-pilot-evaluate-revise” approach to addressing the transformative technologies of e-scooters, the seemingly overnight proliferation of this new mode in urban […]

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Scooting to a New Era in Active Transportation: Examining the Use and Safety of E-Scooters

  • April 4th, 2022

In recent years, shared electric scooters (e-scooters) have taken cities around the world by storm. But how are people using this new mode of transportation? Seeking to understand the potential impacts of e-scooters on land use, infrastructure and sustainability goals, researchers have some new interesting data to share on e-scooter users, exploring the interplay between […]

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Most e-Scooter Rider Injuries Happen on Sidewalk, Study Finds

  • October 27th, 2020

City planners and many pedestrians have wondered how to get electric scooters off the sidewalk, but two new studies from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety raise a different question: Just where should e-scooters be ridden? “We didn’t see many e-scooter crashes with motor vehicles, and that may be a result of riders sticking mostly to the […]

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New E-scooter Study Highlights Need for Infrastructure Improvement, Rider Training

New E-scooter Study Highlights Need for Infrastructure Improvement, Rider Training

  • October 15th, 2020

August 27, 2020 CONTACT: Adrian Nicholas, 202-580-7934, anicholas@ghsa.org Personal transportation device use will likely grow as wary commuters avoid public transit during the pandemic, requiring education, infrastructure investment, improved data collection and enforcement to protect road users. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Micromobility – pedal-powered and electric bicycles (e-bikes), electric scooters (e-scooters) and other small transportation devices – […]

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Safe Micromobility

  • June 25th, 2020

This report examines the traffic safety of pedal cycles, electrically assisted cycles and electrically powered personal mobility devices such as e-scooters, whether owned or shared, in an urban context. In a fastevolving urban transport environment, micromobility is changing how people move on a daily basis. This brings new and urgent challenges for national policymakers and […]

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