Data-based Usage Analysis of Shared e-scooters in the Context of Public Transport

Abstract

Shared e-scooters could improve the sustainability of traffic by being an incentive to switch to public transportation and simultaneously being a potential first- and last mile-solution. Currently, it is not clear whether e-scooter sharing is a positive addition or an additional burden for urban traffic. This work evaluates the usage of shared e-scooters and its impacts on public transport, based on movement data of e-scooters distributed in the German city of Karlsruhe. A central research question answered in this work is whether shared e-scooters contribute to increasing the attractiveness of public transport or whether they substitute it. Since this question has hardly been investigated with the help of mobility data so far, a concept is to be developed, based on which e-scooter usage in connection with public transportation can be studied.