Understanding micromobility safety behavior and standardizing safety metrics for transportation system integration

The purpose of this study is to accelerate shared learning around micromobility safety impacts and to fast-track improvements to injury surveillance of emerging modes such as e-scooters and related micromobility devices (e-bikes, electric skateboards, hoverboards, etc.) used on and around city streets, etc. The primary aim will be vehicles in shared mobility systems. Specific tasks will include: (1) Establish available data sources to support safety evaluations across multiple geographies. (2) Engage stakeholders, examine current practices, and identify approaches to enhance injury surveillance systems. (3) Development and deployment of a behavior-oriented survey instrument. (4) Formulate data structure for continuous tracking and analysis of micromobility sharing safety.

• Record URL:
  https://www.roadsafety.unc.edu/research/projects/2019r26/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • CSCRS2019R26

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $158,524
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747113

• 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:

  Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27514
• Project Managers:

  Sandt, Laura

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Knoxville, TN  United States 

  University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center

  730 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard CB # 3430
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599-3430

  University of California, Berkeley

  444 Davis Hall
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720
• Principal Investigators:

  Cherry, Christopher

  Sandt, Laura

  Shaheen, Susan

• Start Date: 20190801
• Expected Completion Date: 20200731
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injuries; Data collection; Electric vehicles; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Scooters; Shared mobility; Stakeholders; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01715888
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747113
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Sep 3 2019 2:09PM