Micromobility Decision-Making Atlas
This work will examine how U.S. micromobility users make everyday travel and safety decisions. Participants will be identified from two experience groups: riders who integrate e-scooters or e-bikes with public transit and those who substitute them for car trips. Situated within the broader mixed-methods design, this project builds directly on the “Healthy Micromobility: Moving from Crisis to Opportunity” pilot project. It will provide explanatory depth on the psychosocial and contextual mechanisms that shape micromobility use and user safety. These findings will also inform the system-level analyses by clarifying how user experiences and perceptions translate into behavioral, safety, operations, and other relevant outcomes. A micromobility decision-making atlas will be designed to serve as a current, comprehensive database of local micromobility regulations and policy environments across U.S. jurisdictions, providing an updated and more detailed successor to existing resources such as the Shared-Use Mobility Center’s Policy Atlas. The atlas would compile and standardize policy data from the environmental scans, allowing users to explore and compare domains such as fleet management, parking, speed limits, and accessibility provisions. An optional infrastructure layer could incorporate indicators of supportive design conditions, such as protected lane coverage or PeopleForBikes Bicycle Network Analysis scores, to contextualize how local infrastructure aligns with policy intent.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $22,500.00
-
Contract Numbers:
69A3552348329
-
Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
1111 Rellis Parkway
Bryan, Texas United States 77807 -
Project Managers:
Ocon, Monica
- Performing Organizations: Baltimore, MD United States
-
Principal Investigators:
Ehsani, Johnathon
Ni, Nan
- Start Date: 20260301
- Expected Completion Date: 20270228
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
- Source Data: 03-08-JHU
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Decision making; Electric bicycles; Micromobility; Modal shift; Mode choice; Public transit; Scooters
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01979473
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH)
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552348329
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Feb 15 2026 4:30PM