Abstract
The recent invasion of electric-powered personal mobility vehicles (e-PMVs) in many cities worldwide has disputed the transport sector and captured the attention of academics, practitioners, and public administrators. Indeed, these vehicles are believed to be sustainable transport alternatives. Therefore, understanding how to evaluate and monitor the related performance is crucial and may be addressed by suitable key sustainable parameters (KSPs) to inform on the excellences and criticalities of e-PMVs. Previous research has focused largely on “how to measure and manage” KSPs rather than “what to measure”. Conversely, as far as the authors know, no study investigated objective methods for identifying and selecting top KSPs. This paper covers this gap by proposing a cohesive approach, which identifies a long list of KSPs, defines their properties, involves experts to elicit judgments for each KSP, evaluates the long list, and returns the most promising set. This approach is demonstrated with an application based on an Italian survey. A circumscribed and relevant set of six overlapping KSPs is derived by merging two different approaches. These results may support the opportunity to assess the performance of e-PMVs among cities according to a common set of KSPs.
Highlights
Nowadays, sustainability has become one of the core objectives of the transport sector worldwide
Considering the previous drawbacks and challenges, this study proposes a cohesive approach to identify and select a pool of key sustainable parameters (KSPs) able to provide a high-level direction for monitoring the performance of electric-powered personal mobility vehicles (e-PMVs)
This study contributed to the growing literature on e-PMVs in a threefold manner:
Summary
Sustainability has become one of the core objectives of the transport sector worldwide. The rapid growth in energy consumption, environmental pollution, and climate change is receiving increasing attention. These facts captured the attention of academics, practitioners, and public administrators to reinvent transport modes towards less energy-intensive solutions such as electric micromobility devices to achieve a more sustainable urban transport [1,2]. E-PMVs (privately or shared) are mostly invading large urban contexts (e.g., Rome, Milan, Paris). They are believed to be an environmentally friendly new transport mode because they may increase community relationships, reduce emission levels, and improve air quality. Some studies showed that they could replace walking and cycling without reducing the use of private cars for short trips, e.g., [3]
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