Planning for plurality of streets: a spheric approach to micromobilities

Bahrami, Farzaneh; Rigal, Alexandre

doi:10.1080/17450101.2021.1984850

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“…Finally, micro stories (Vecchio 2020) and in-depth interviews (Vendemmia 2020, Bahrami, Rigal 2021 are also useful to integrate more established approaches to accessibility measures and understand factors of choice related to the mobility experience that may be difficult to read with aggregate evaluations.…”

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Redefining marginality on Italian Apennines: an approach to reconsider the notion of basic needs in low density territories.

Vendemmia¹,

Lanza²

2022

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The concept of basic needs and essential services evolves according to sociocultural parameters. Therefore, defining marginality based on the distance from a predefined set of services, institutionally considered essential for life, may lead to an unfocused representation of marginal and more fragile areas. This work focuses on a territory located on the Apennine of the Province of Piacenza, northern Italy. These mountainous areas are characterized by significant shrinking processes, ageing population, low income and educational rate, unemployment, and by work/study-related mobility practices over long distances and at high speed, revealing low levels of attractivity and significant dependence on more dynamic areas of the region. Moreover, according to the National Italian Strategy for Inner Areas, they have been identified as inner areas because of the high distance from main services. Starting from quantitative research based on availability, location, and accessibility to a set of services considered essential, the present work aims to reconsider and integrate this desk-based approach with an on-site qualitative survey, thanks to interviews with inhabitants and persons with special knowledge of the territory as well as participant observation. The hypothesis is that, particularly in low density and peripheral areas, a mixed-methods research methodology that includes the accounts of populations and local stakeholders may help to extend the knowledge of their actual needs and their willingness to travel, thus reconsidering their accessibility to what they perceive as essential services and, consequently, redefining the notion of marginal and fragile territories.

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Redefining marginality on Italian Apennines: an approach to reconsider the notion of basic needs in low density territories.

Vendemmia¹,

Lanza²

2022

REGION

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“…The use of e-micromobilities such as e-bikes and e-scooters, which are the focus of this paper, could help to tackle the issues of sedentarism, poor air quality and traffic congestion simultaneously. Compared to car use, e-micromobilities take up less space on roads, thereby helping to reduce congestion (Bahrami and Rigal, 2022) and release minimal emissions, with data from the US indicating that their use in 2020 resulted in the reduction of 29 million pounds of CO 2 emissions (NABSA, 2021) and therefore a net reduction in environmental impacts of transport (Hollingsworth, Copeland and Johnson, 2019). If used to replace private car journeys, they could help to increase physical activity and in turn reduce negative health consequences of being sedentary (World Health Organization, 2020).…”

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Perceptions of E-Micromobility Vehicles Amongst Staff and Students at Universities in the North of England

Bridge

2023

Active Travel Studies

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Background Micromobilities encompass active modes of travel such as walking and cycling alongside the use of lightweight vehicles that typically travel at speeds below 25km/hr such as electric scooters, cargo bikes and electric pedal assisted bicycles. Micromobility vehicles are increasing in popularity with the worldwide e-bike industry currently standing at £89.31 million with estimates that it will rise to £440.50 million by 2026. In England, most journeys taken are short, with 2018 data indicating that 25% of trips were under 1 mile, and 68% are under 5 miles. At present the majority of such journeys are completed using private cars. However, such journeys could be completed on foot, bike or scooter.  Whilst power assisted micromobility modes constitute active travel to a lesser (e-scooters) or greater (e-bikes) extent, alongside other active modes of travel, they can help to reduce private car use thereby improving traffic congestion, reducing pollution and creating healthier populations.Leeds has committed to achieving net-zero by 2030. Reducing private car use, through promoting micromobilities can help to reach such goals. But questions remain about how power assisted micromobility vehicles might fit into current transport networks, what role they may play in promoting or increasing transport inequalities and how they are perceived by communities in terms of their sustainability, affordability, safety and accessibility.  Leeds has three large universities with thousands of staff and over 200,000 students living in and around the city. Many people within this population commute to Leeds to study or work or commute between campuses in the city during the day. Many of these short trips are made using private cars but could be completed using active modes of travel including micromobility vehicles. The student and staff population is diverse, but accessible via university email and social media networks, and as such provides a good opportunity to explore perceptions relating to e-micromobility in the city. Objective and methods The aim of this study will be to explore perceptions of e-micromobility amongst university staff and students in three institutions across Leeds.To explore this objective, a survey and interviews will be conducted. Questions will be produced following a review of the existing literature relating to perceptions of micromobilities. The questions will then be reviewed by a panel made up of Leeds city council policy makers, transport planners, active travel and micromobility researchers, and a sample of students and staff from Leeds university.  The questions will then be used to develop an online survey which will be shared with Leeds university staff and students via email networks and social media. A paper version of the survey will also be available for any staff or students that are unable to access the online version. Following analysis of the survey, up to 10 interviews will be conducted with a diverse sample of staff and students to explore key themes that emerged in the surveys. Potential outcomes and implications The findings of this study will be summarised into a report that can be shared with researchers and decision makers in order to inform future policy relating to e-micromobility. The findings can also be shared with the institutions involved in the data collection in order to help guide their actions relating to active travel and e-micromobility, which could inform and support the cities ambition to achieve net zero by 2030.

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“…Surveys have also been frequently used to identify the users' attitudes and perceptions. Mobility behavior [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], risk-taking activities while riding [32] and use of infrastructure by riders [33] are topics which were studied with surveys, revealing that e-scooters are popular among young, male users, who are more inclined to risk-taking.…”

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Smart Traffic Data for the Analysis of Sustainable Travel Modes

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We present and validate the image analysis algorithm μ-scope to capture personal mobility devices’ (PMDs) movement characteristics and extract their movement dynamics even when they interact with each other and with pedestrians. Experimental data were used for validation of the proposed algorithm. Data were collected through a large-scale, semicontrolled, real-track experiment at the University of Patras campus. Participants (N = 112) included pedestrians, cyclists, and e-scooter drivers. The experiment was video recorded, and μ-scope was used for trajectory extraction. Some of the participants had installed, beforehand, the Phyphox application in their smartphones. Phyphox accurately measures x-y-z acceleration rates and was used, in our case, as the baseline measurement (i.e., “ground truth”). Statistical comparison between Phyphox and camera-based measurements shows very low difference in most cases. High pedestrian densities were the only case where relatively high root mean square errors were registered. The proposed algorithm can be thus considered capable of producing reliable speed and acceleration estimates. Low-quality conventional smartphone cameras were used in this experiment. As a result, the proposed method can be easily applied to all urban contexts under normal traffic conditions, but eventually not in the case of special or emergency events generating very high pedestrian densities.

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Planning for plurality of streets: a spheric approach to micromobilities

Cited by 9 publications

References 32 publications

Redefining marginality on Italian Apennines: an approach to reconsider the notion of basic needs in low density territories.

Redefining marginality on Italian Apennines: an approach to reconsider the notion of basic needs in low density territories.

Perceptions of E-Micromobility Vehicles Amongst Staff and Students at Universities in the North of England

Smart Traffic Data for the Analysis of Sustainable Travel Modes

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