Abstract
To significantly reduce the occurrence of severe traffic accidents, reducing the number of vehicles in urban areas should be considered. Personal mobility is essential for realizing this reduction, which requires consideration of the last-/first-mile problem. The overall objective of our research is to solve this problem using standing-type personal mobility vehicles as transportation devices; however, to evaluate the feasibility of such vehicles as future mobility devices, it is necessary to evaluate their operation under real-world conditions. Therefore, in this study, experimental and survey data relating to the velocity, stability, safety, and comfort of a standing-type personal mobility device are obtained to evaluate its performance in three different scenarios. The results show that the personal mobility vehicle is socially well received and can be safely operated on sidewalks, irrespective of the gender or age of the driver; moreover, the results suggest that subjects who routinely use a bicycle are adept at avoiding and absorbing the impacts of small holes and bumps, thereby yielding reduced acceleration values (in all directions) and pitch, roll, and yaw rates. This is anticipated to benefit the future development of personal mobility devices and help realize effective and accessible public transport systems, as well as reduce the number of vehicles in urban areas.
Highlights
A potential solution to these problems is to reduce the use of individual cars in urban areas by encouraging city dwellers to use public transport for their daily commuting necessities and personal mobility to access the nearest public transport hubs and shopping centers, as well as for other short distance journeys
Erefore, in this paper, we present the results of our research into standing-type personal mobility devices, focusing on the effects that human factors have upon their use
We aim to evaluate the feasibility of standing-type personal mobility vehicles as solutions to the last-/first-mile problem by conducting experiments in public areas with a mixed group of subjects and using questionnaires to gauge perceptions of the vehicles and trials. ree different experimental scenarios were prepared to evaluate various types of experimental data; we conducted questionnaires to assess the perceptions of the subjects regarding the vehicle and trials. us, the objectives of this paper are as follows: (1) To investigate the effects of these devices on the traffic flow and pedestrian and cyclist behaviors on shared roads
Summary
E overall objective of our research is to solve this problem using standing-type personal mobility vehicles as transportation devices; to evaluate the feasibility of such vehicles as future mobility devices, it is necessary to evaluate their operation under real-world conditions. erefore, in this study, experimental and survey data relating to the velocity, stability, safety, and comfort of a standing-type personal mobility device are obtained to evaluate its performance in three different scenarios. e results show that the personal mobility vehicle is socially well received and can be safely operated on sidewalks, irrespective of the gender or age of the driver; the results suggest that subjects who routinely use a bicycle are adept at avoiding and absorbing the impacts of small holes and bumps, thereby yielding reduced acceleration values (in all directions) and pitch, roll, and yaw rates. is is anticipated to benefit the future development of personal mobility devices and help realize effective and accessible public transport systems, as well as reduce the number of vehicles in urban areas. E overall objective of our research is to solve this problem using standing-type personal mobility vehicles as transportation devices; to evaluate the feasibility of such vehicles as future mobility devices, it is necessary to evaluate their operation under real-world conditions. Is is anticipated to benefit the future development of personal mobility devices and help realize effective and accessible public transport systems, as well as reduce the number of vehicles in urban areas. A potential solution to these problems is to reduce the use of individual cars in urban areas by encouraging city dwellers to use public transport for their daily commuting necessities and personal mobility to access the nearest public transport hubs and shopping centers, as well as for other short distance journeys. Considerable research efforts have been focused on using personal mobility and small electric vehicles to solve the last-/first-mile problem [9].
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