Can Emerging Micromobility Enable More Car-Light Sustainable Lifestyles?

This project proposes to explore how micromobility (i.e., bike-share and scooter-share) services are enabling individuals toward a car-light lifestyle. This proposal is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter, using the North American Micromobility Panel (NAMP) survey travel diary data collected from several cities in the US and using machine learning methods for pattern detection and classification, the author is proposing to explore how micromobility is integrated with other modes in the trip-chain and is enabling individuals to perform complex trip chains. In the second chapter, individual-level and trip-based models will be developed to explore the extent to which micromobility is substituting for car, ridehail, and public transit and how different socio-demographic groups and built environment features are associated with this pattern. In the third chapter, the influence of micromobility trips on transit ridership will be modeled using both individual-level data from the NAMP survey and system-level micromobility trip and transit stop level ridership data. Also, a machine learning-based model will be developed to classify transit connection and transit substitution micromobility trips based on the trip trajectory data. The findings from this study can inform the development of future transport policies for influencing individuals towards more sustainable car-light lifestyles.

• Record URL:
  https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/can-emerging-micromobility-enable-more-car-light-sustainable-lifestyles

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $30000
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3551747114

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Mohiuddin, Hossain

  Handy, Susan

• Start Date: 20221001
• Expected Completion Date: 20230930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycling; Micromobility; Mode choice; Public transit; Ridership; Ridesourcing; Scooters; Sustainable transportation; Trip chaining; Vehicle sharing
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01851880
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3551747114
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 19 2022 12:15PM