Micromobility Users’ Behaviour and Perceived Risk during Meeting Manoeuvres

Alejandra Sofía Fonseca-Cabrera, David Llopis-Castelló, Ana María Pérez-Zuriaga, Carlos Alonso-Troyano and Alfredo García
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Alejandra Sofía Fonseca-Cabrera: Highway Engineering Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
David Llopis-Castelló: Highway Engineering Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Ana María Pérez-Zuriaga: Highway Engineering Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Carlos Alonso-Troyano: Highway Engineering Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Alfredo García: Highway Engineering Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: Mobility patterns and lifestyles have changed in recent years in cities worldwide, thanks to the strong rise in modes of travel commonly referred to as micromobility. In this context, e-scooters have experienced a great rise globally which has led to an increase of crashes involving this type of micromobility vehicle in urban areas. Thus, there is a need to study e-scooter users’ behaviour and their interaction with cyclists. This research aimed at characterizing the meeting manoeuvre between micromobility users along diverse typologies of two-way bicycle track by using an instrumented e-scooter. As a result, bicycle tracks having concrete or vegetated curb presented lower clearance distance (≈0.8 m) than those without edge elements (>1 m), with no statistically significant differences found between the interaction with bicycles and e-scooters. Additionally, an online questionnaire was proposed to assess users’ perceived risk during the meeting manoeuvre, concluding that micromobility users feel safer and more comfortable riding on pavements away from parked or moving motorized traffic, and on protected bicycle tracks.

Keywords: micromobility; bicycle track; instrumented e-scooter; meeting manoeuvre; clearance distance; perceived risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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