Harmonizing dockless E-scooters: insights from Paris

Eric Brousseau, Etienne Côme (), Nicolas Coulombel () and Isac Olave-Cruz ()
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Eric Brousseau: Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
Etienne Côme: COSYS-GRETTIA - Génie des Réseaux de Transport Terrestres et Informatique Avancée - Université Gustave Eiffel
Nicolas Coulombel: LVMT - Laboratoire Ville, Mobilité, Transport - Université Gustave Eiffel - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Isac Olave-Cruz: LERN - Laboratoire d'Economie Rouen Normandie - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - IRIHS - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Homme et Société - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université

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Abstract: Improper parking is one of the most significant barriers to the adoption and acceptance of dockless shared e-scooters worldwide. This paper investigates the effects of mandatory parking regulations in Paris that require e-scooters to be parked in designated bays in the form of painted corrals. To assess the impact of these regulations and their unintended effects, we develop a novel multicriteria evaluation method around three principles: efficiency, accessibility, and compliance. Using a unique large-scale database that geolocates every parked e-scooter in the city at threehour intervals, we find that designated parking bays improve mis-parking by reducing cluttering. However, they also unintentionally reduce accessibility. Furthermore, we provide insights into the persistence of mis-parking and the congestion of parking bays, two key factors that contributed to the ban of shared e-scooters in the city.

Keywords: Sharing-economy; E-scooters; Micromobility management; Big data analytics; Parking; Economic regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-12
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Published in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2025, 202, pp.104702. ⟨10.1016/j.tra.2025.104702⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2025.104702

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