The use of micromobility in different contexts. An explanation through the multilevel perspective and QCA

Cayetano Medina-Molina, Noemí Pérez-Macías and José Luis Fernández-Fernádez

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2023, vol. 188, issue C

Abstract: Micromobility can bring numerous benefits by providing solutions to the problem of first and last mile connectivity, while offering solutions to the social and economic disparities in terms of mobility. However, mobility in urban systems depends on actors, public and private institutions, and macro-level changes, which means that the use or non-use of micromobility can be influenced differently depending on the city. Therefore, through the use of the multi-level perspective and social-technical transition, and the application of Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (FsQCA) with the Two-Step Protocol and cluster analysis, this study aims to understand the combination of factors that promote the use or non-use of micromobility in a sample of 100 cities. The results obtained show that the use and non-use of micromobility services is explained by different configurations of conditions (2 and 6 respectively) and that the variables linked to the context (landscape and regime) are related to the emergence of an innovation (micromobility) in a given niche. Likewise, in relation to the different context it is not possible to extrapolate the recipes that explain the use of mobility solutions between the different continents, but it is possible to do so for the conditions that explain the non-use.

Keywords: Multi-level perspective; Micromobility; fsQCA; Two-step protocol; Cluster analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122295

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