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datestamp: 2022-02-16 13:31:22
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Kamphuis, Bouke
creators_id: S3805166
creators_email: boukekamphuis@gmail.com
title: Does introducing an e-moped scooter sharing system result in lower carbon travel mode choices?
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Shared micromobility is growing rapidly in the world to include sustainable mobility systems into urban infrastructure. There is no country in the world where the market for shared electric moped scooters has grown faster than in the Netherlands. However, where the scientific literature concerning shared electric kick scooters is increasing, the literature concerning shared electric moped scooters (shared e-mopeds) is still scarce. Therefore, an explorative case study has been conducted in the municipality of Groningen to investigate the effects of introducing shared e-mopeds into an urban area. The research questions have been answered by using a quantitative research method for which both primary and secondary data has been collected.
This study has found out that introducing shared e-mopeds results in an unsustainable modal shift. Shared e-mopeds are used by a relatively young population. Users of shared e-mopeds relatively often replace walking, cycling or the (electric) bus for shared e-mopeds and less often a moped or car. On average, shared e-mopeds are used for relatively short trips and users of shared e-mopeds replace only a fraction of their weekly trips with a shared e-moped. The emission of a shared e-moped system is comparable to that of electric buses. If the energy used to charge and distribute the batteries of shared e-mopeds becomes more sustainable, the emission will decrease and the mode becomes more sustainable.
date: 2022
pages: 23
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Bahrami, F.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: F.Bahrami@rug.nl
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keywords_local: shared micromobility
keywords_local: mobility transitions
keywords_local: shared electric moped scooters
keywords_local: mode choice
keywords_local: modal shift
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2022-02-15
citation:   Kamphuis, Bouke  (2022) Does introducing an e-moped scooter sharing system result in lower carbon travel mode choices?  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3777/1/Research%20Step%207%20Final%20Version%20of%20Bachelor%20Thesis.pdf