E-scooters as transit feeders: insights from revealed preferences of shared e-scooter users

IF 3.4 3区工程技术 Q2 TRANSPORTATION

Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research Pub Date : 2025-11-26 Epub Date: 2025-04-26 DOI:10.1080/19427867.2025.2496455

Mohammadjavad Javadinasr , Sina Asgharpour , Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian

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Abstract

While e-scooters are increasingly used for short-distance trips, concerns persist regarding their effective integration with public transit. This study sheds light on the factors shaping revealed preferences for using e-scooters as transit access/egress mode by surveying 2,126 shared e-scooter users. We developed a Generalized Structural Equation Model (GSEM) to analyze the impacts of sociodemographic, transportation-related, and attitudinal factors on the frequency of e-scooter integration with transit. The results identified four attitudinal variables—transportation efficacy, variety seeking, environmental concern, and perceived safety—as the main drivers. Regarding demographic factors, experienced e-scooter users are more likely to integrate with transit, and women are less likely to use e-scooters in integration with transit. Furthermore, the findings underscored the role of transportation variables, households without personal vehicles, and access time to e-scooters under five minutes. The insights gained from the study help urban planners enhance e‑scooter–transit synergy and advance sustainable micromobility use.

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电动滑板车作为交通工具：来自共享电动滑板车用户偏好的见解

尽管电动滑板车越来越多地用于短途出行，但人们仍然担心它们与公共交通的有效结合。这项研究通过调查2126名共享电动滑板车用户，揭示了影响人们使用电动滑板车作为交通进出方式偏好的因素。我们建立了一个广义结构方程模型（GSEM）来分析社会人口学、交通相关因素和态度因素对电动滑板车与交通整合频率的影响。结果确定了四个态度变量——运输效率、多样性寻求、环境关注和感知安全——是主要的驱动因素。在人口统计因素方面，经验丰富的电动滑板车用户更有可能与公共交通相结合，而女性则不太可能将电动滑板车与公共交通相结合。此外，调查结果强调了交通变量的作用，没有私家车的家庭，以及使用电动滑板车的时间少于5分钟。从该研究中获得的见解有助于城市规划者增强电动滑板车-交通的协同作用，并促进可持续的微型交通工具的使用。

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Transportation Letters-The International Journal of Transportation Research TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

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6.40

自引率

14.30%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research is a quarterly journal that publishes high-quality peer-reviewed and mini-review papers as well as technical notes and book reviews on the state-of-the-art in transportation research. The focus of Transportation Letters is on analytical and empirical findings, methodological papers, and theoretical and conceptual insights across all areas of research. Review resource papers that merge descriptions of the state-of-the-art with innovative and new methodological, theoretical, and conceptual insights spanning all areas of transportation research are invited and of particular interest.