Abstract
Increased use of e-powered personal mobility vehicles is usually considered as a positive change; it is generally agreed that Personal Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) effectively and efficiently reduce negative environmental impacts of transport and improve the quality of life. There has been great technological progress made by all sectors in the field of personal mobility during the last decade. Use of PMV for micro-mobility is welcomed by market, consumers and governments and thus it is becoming increasingly popular in modern European society. New technology driven PMVs bring opportunities to their users, but at the same time create problems with street space sharing, road safety and traffic offenses. This study gives an overview of recent types of PMVs, offers some insights into the upcoming changes and challenges, and raises the discussion on themes related with increased use of e-powered personal transporters.
Highlights
Urban micro-mobility is taking fundamental changes in last decade
The bicycle networks are planned to be separated and moved away from heavy traffic to safer and healthier environments like unused riversides, parks and natural territories (Zalakeviciute et al, 2018; Otero et al, 2018; Gössling et al, 2019; Gongora et al, 2018). When implementing these measures it must be taken into consideration that more than half future users of these infrastructure will be e-Personal Mobility Vehicles (PMVs) users, new lanes must be designed according to requirements for higher speed and if possible with divisions for walking, low speed and higher speed lanes
The findings show that each individual cyclist or PMV user may prioritize differently between travel time and suitability when they choose a route, mostly they travel on two to three routes within the same origindestination pair and that perceived safety of the environment are the most important factor (Pritchard, 2018; Ehrgott et al, 2012; Majumdar & Mitra, 2018)
Summary
Urban micro-mobility is taking fundamental changes in last decade. In dense urban environment, individual automobiles are being regarded as an unsustainable mode of transportation, and there is a shift in policy altogether with pragmatic considerations of society in the favor to eco-friendly, compact, light vehicles. Research on selection of travel modes shows that on trips between 0.8 and 3.2 km, e-PMVs would be a strong alternative to private automobiles (Smith & Schwieterman, 2018) By filling this gap in mobility, e-PMVs have the potential to decrease the car use, but due to their higher relative cost on longer trips, e-PMVs would likely not result in significant diversion from public transit on longer-distance trips, services operating to and from jobs. On a basis of presented methodology GIS tools for monitoring urban mobility changes and development of adequate infrastructure can be created Such tools can be used by town and transportation planners to give supporting arguments for street space reorganization and implication of safety measures, as well as reconstruction of existing infrastructure to serve its future users in the better way
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