New mobility services: Taxonomy, innovation and the role of ICTs

Shibayama, Takeru; Emberger, Guenter

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.05.024

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“…Shibayama and Emberger collected and presented an extensive overview of innovative solutions typical of sustainable transport [25]. They described several possibilities involving sharing a car and a bicycle, as well as a scooter and a motorcycle.…”

Section: Innovations For the Development Of Sustainable Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The system involves an operator who receives an order for a ride electronically or by phone, specifying the day and time of the trip, as well as the station/place of departure and destination. DRT services depend on the carrier and appear in the form of doorto-door services or services offered between predefined points, e.g., bus stops or road crossings [25]. The research on car-sharing indicated that such services may function as services of alternative sustainable transport [31].…”

Section: Innovations For the Development Of Sustainable Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The latest form of this solution is the implementation of Mobility as a Service (MaaS): a service that integrates different forms of transport services into one mobility of services available on demand. It is used to prepare a journey route using a single application and allows individuals to pay for the service via one payment system, integrating all mobile services [25]. Moreover, as part of the TEAM project (Tomorrow's Elastic, Adaptive Mobility), a system of eleven integrated mobile applications, which support various traffic types, travel problems, and scenarios, was developed.…”

Section: Innovations For the Development Of Sustainable Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Innovative Solutions for the Development of Sustainable Transport and Improvement of the Tourist Accessibility of Peripheral Areas: The Case of the Białowieża Forest Region

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One of the main challenges affecting development opportunities of peripheral areas, particularly the development of tourism, includes the provision of satisfactory solutions for mobility and transport accessibility. Therefore, there is a high demand for innovative and sustainable transport solutions, which would increase the competitiveness of these regions, as well as reduce the negative impact of transport on the environment. This paper includes indications of the main directions of research on sustainable transport, the analysis of innovative solutions for improving the tourist accessibility of peripheral areas, and the development of an intermodal model of tourist mobility. The developed model was verified in terms of tourists’ needs for sustainable and innovative transport solutions. The region of the Białowieża Forest, exhibiting high potential for tourism development due to its natural values—unique at the European and global scale—was selected for verification. The Białowieża Forest was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the few cross-border World Heritage sites. The study applied heuristic research methods, including brainstorming, the Delphi method, case studies, and a diagnostic survey (421 respondents). The developed model of tourist mobility is based on the combination of the public transport network and the availability of electric bicycle and electric car rental. The survey of tourists in the region of the Białowieża Forest showed the demand for new mobile solutions, particularly in the field of e-mobility. The results of quantitative research indicate that around 40% of respondents express high and very high demand for sustainable and innovative mobile solutions, including e-mobility.

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Section: Innovations For the Development Of Sustainable Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Innovations For the Development Of Sustainable Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Innovations For the Development Of Sustainable Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Traditional actors in the transport services' industry such as public transport operators have progressively embraced digitalisation to increase the efficiency and the quality of their services while lowering costs (Ampélas, 2001;Davidsson, Hajinasab, Holmgren, Jevinger, & Persson, 2016). At the same time, new players operating shared mobility modes have emerged in the transport services' arena (Boutueil, 2019;Wong, Hensher, & Mulley, 2017), leveraging on advances in ICTs to scale up these modes (Shibayama & Emberger, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Access denied? Digital inequality in transport services

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Digitalisation in transport services offers many benefits for travellers. However, not everyone is willing or able to follow the new, more or less formal requirements digitalisation has brought along. Existing reviews on the intersection between Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and mobility cover a range of vantage points, but the perspective of how various levels of engagement with digital technologies affect access and navigation of transport services has not been addressed yet. In communication science, studying disparities in terms of ICT appropriation and their consequences is known as digital inequality research. This review paper aims at shedding light on what digital inequality in the context of transport services consists of and what its consequences are. To do so, we define and use a conceptual framework for the analysis of digital inequality in transport services. The review of the twenty-five papers, as selected in our systematic literature search, shows that there is a burgeoning interest in this topic. Vulnerability to digitalisation in transport services exists along dimensions of age, income, education, ethnicity, gender and geographical region. We find that motivations and material access get more attention than digital skills and effective usage. Nevertheless, literature acknowledges that having material access to technology does not mean that people benefit from what technology has to offer. Furthermore, the characteristics of ICTs impact one's possibilities to access digital technologies, such as how user-friendly a technology is. Data-driven and algorithm-based decision-making present a particularly pernicious form of digital exclusion from transport services. As digital technologies are progressively becoming indispensable to navigate the world of transport services, low levels of digital engagement may create a new layer of transport disadvantage, possibly on top of existing ones. Although digitalisation can be part of the solution to transport disadvantage, it can also be part of the problem. With network effects at play, what might start as a relative disadvantage may turn into an absolute disadvantage. Given the nascent state of research on digital inequality in transport services, much remains to be understood. Suggested research avenues include mechanisms of digital exclusion from transport services, the contribution of digital ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…E-scooters are part of the broad family of the new mobility services supported by information and communication technologies [4]. More precisely, they belong to the micro-mobility modes [5].…”

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Shared E-Scooters: A Review of Uses, Health and Environmental Impacts, and Policy Implications of a New Micro-Mobility Service

Bozzi

Aguiléra

2021

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Shared e-scooters refer to a micro-mobility service that enables the short rentals of e-scooters. The rapid growth of e-scooter sharing has sparked a heated discussion about its role in the urban mobility sector. This article presents a systematic review of the current knowledge on its uses and users, health and environmental impacts, and policy issues. The analysis is based on academic literature, identified with Google Scholar by using keywords and publication years from 2017, and relevant gray literature. Firstly, we highlight that the profiles of e-scooter renters seem to highly match the characteristics of other micro-mobility services users. Secondly, e-scooters are often associated with a high perception of risk from the public and an increasing occurrence of related road accidents. Thirdly, even if promoted as a green mobility option, the true environmental impact of shared e-scooters has only started to be investigated. Early studies point out negative impacts around their production, usage, and maintenance. Fourthly, the integration of shared e-scooters into the existing transport systems requires policy changes, both at the local and national level, including traffic regulations, safety rules, and physical infrastructure. Finally, this paper reveals the ambiguity of the term “e-scooter” and stresses the need for more research, as the future of cities is tied to the development of low-car lifestyles.

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New mobility services: Taxonomy, innovation and the role of ICTs

Cited by 35 publications

References 38 publications

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Access denied? Digital inequality in transport services

Shared E-Scooters: A Review of Uses, Health and Environmental Impacts, and Policy Implications of a New Micro-Mobility Service

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