Shared micromobility and mental health: A systematic review of multidimensional outcomes and influencing factors

IF 5 2区工程技术 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-25 DOI:10.1016/j.trf.2026.103778

Yiwen Zhang, Yongping Zhang, Xiaohu Zhang, Haizhi Luo, Hui Kong

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Abstract

Shared micromobility has emerged as a sustainable transport mode with the potential to promote mental health through everyday travel. This systematic review synthesizes evidence from 92 peer-reviewed studies to examine multidimensional mental health outcomes, the factors shaping these outcomes, and the pathways common to and unique to different micromobility modes. The review indicates that shared micromobility is generally associated with positive mental health outcomes, particularly psychological flourishing. However, evidence remains limited regarding mental disorders, cognitive health, and emerging modes such as shared e-bikes and e-scooters. These mental-health outcomes are jointly influenced by travel characteristics, user attributes, and built-environment conditions. Compared with non-shared micromobility, shared systems appear to influence mental health through common pathways, including physical activity, positive travel experiences, and social participation, while their distinctive service characteristics further shape accessibility, mobility autonomy, and everyday urban experiences. Building on these findings, this review proposes an integrated pathway framework linking multidimensional mental-health outcomes to travel characteristics, user attributes, and environmental contexts. The framework distinguishes direct evidence specific to shared micromobility from theoretically transferable pathways grounded in common behavioral and environmental exposures, providing a conceptual basis for future research, mental-health-oriented transport planning, and sustainable urban mobility policy.

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共享微活动与心理健康：多维结果和影响因素的系统综述

共享微型交通已成为一种可持续的交通方式，有可能通过日常出行促进心理健康。本系统综述综合了92项同行评议研究的证据，以检查多维心理健康结果、影响这些结果的因素，以及不同微活动模式的共同和独特途径。该综述表明，共同的微活动通常与积极的心理健康结果有关，尤其是心理繁荣。然而，关于精神障碍、认知健康以及共享电动自行车和电动滑板车等新兴模式的证据仍然有限。这些心理健康结果受到旅行特征、用户属性和建筑环境条件的共同影响。与非共享微流动性相比，共享系统似乎通过共同的途径影响心理健康，包括身体活动、积极的旅行体验和社会参与，而其独特的服务特征进一步塑造了可达性、流动性自主性和日常城市体验。在这些发现的基础上，本综述提出了一个将多维心理健康结果与旅行特征、用户属性和环境背景联系起来的综合路径框架。该框架将共享微交通的直接证据与基于共同行为和环境暴露的理论可转移途径区分开来，为未来的研究、以心理健康为导向的交通规划和可持续城市交通政策提供概念基础。

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Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Multiple-

CiteScore

7.60

自引率

14.60%

发文量

239

审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour focuses on the behavioural and psychological aspects of traffic and transport. The aim of the journal is to enhance theory development, improve the quality of empirical studies and to stimulate the application of research findings in practice. TRF provides a focus and a means of communication for the considerable amount of research activities that are now being carried out in this field. The journal provides a forum for transportation researchers, psychologists, ergonomists, engineers and policy-makers with an interest in traffic and transport psychology.