Pedestrians and E-Scooters: An Initial Look at E-Scooter Parking and Perceptions by Riders and Non-Riders
| dc.contributor.author | James, Owain | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Swiderski, J. I. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Hicks, John | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Teoman, Denis | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Buehler, Ralph | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-14T12:22:01Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-14T12:22:01Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-10-11 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-10-11T15:54:37Z | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Since 2018, pedestrians in many U.S. cities have been sharing sidewalk space with dockless shared e-scooters. The introduction of e-scooters has received pushback from pedestrians. Complaints reported in the media include e-scooters blocking walkways and sidewalks when parked illegally as well as safety concerns from pedestrians who do not feel safe around moving e-scooters. However, little is known beyond a few initial studies on e-scooter parking and anecdotes about pedestrian perceptions of e-scooter safety. Our case study from Rosslyn, Virginia, helps shed light on these two issues. First, we conducted a survey of 181 e-scooter riders and non-riders asking about their perceived safety around riders of e-scooters and experiences of sidewalks blocked by e-scooters. We found highly divergent responses about safety and sidewalk blocking perceptions from riders and non-riders. Second, we conducted an observational study of 606 parked e-scooters along three mixed-use corridors in Rosslyn to investigate the relationship between the built environment and e-scooter parking. We found that 16% of 606 observed e-scooters were not parked properly and 6% (36 e-scooters) were blocking pedestrian right-of-way. Moreover, our survey showed that e-scooter trips in Rosslyn replaced trips otherwise taken by Uber, Lyft, or a taxi (39%), foot (33%), bicycle (12%), bus (7%), or car (7%). | en |
| dc.description.version | Published version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | James, O.; Swiderski, J.I.; Hicks, J.; Teoman, D.; Buehler, R. Pedestrians and E-Scooters: An Initial Look at E-Scooter Parking and Perceptions by Riders and Non-Riders. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5591. | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205591 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/94572 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | e-scooters | en |
| dc.subject | pedestrians | en |
| dc.subject | parking | en |
| dc.subject | blocked sidewalk | en |
| dc.title | Pedestrians and E-Scooters: An Initial Look at E-Scooter Parking and Perceptions by Riders and Non-Riders | en |
| dc.title.serial | Sustainability | en |
| dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
| dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |