Abstract
Nowadays, the diffusion of electric-powered micro Personal Mobility Vehicles (e-PMVs) worldwide—i.e., e-bikes, e-scooters, and self-balancing vehicles—has disrupted the urban transport sector. Furthermore, this topic has captured many scholars and practitioners’ interest due to multiple issues related to their use. Over the past five years, there has been strong growth in the publication of e-PMV studies. This paper reviews the existing literature by identifying several issues on the impact that e-PMVs produce from different perspectives. More precisely, by using the PRIMA’s methodological approach and well-known scientific repositories (i.e., Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar), 90 studies between 2014 and 2020 were retrieved and analyzed. An overview and classification into endogenous issues (e.g., impact on transport and urban planning) and exogenous issues (e.g., impact on safety and the environment) are provided. While several issues are deeply investigated, the findings suggest that some others need many improvements. Therefore, the status quo of these studies is being assessed to support possible future developments.
Highlights
Nowadays, the increasing use of private transport has had multiple effects on the urban space and its livability, presenting the account of its unsustainability [1]
The second category focused on the impacts electric-powered micro Personal Mobility Vehicles (e-PMVs) have on transport, urban planning, road safety, and the environment
175 papers were excluded after the screening of the abstract, as they were not directly focused on the impact of e-PMVs on urban planning and transportation (67), were not written in a language understood by the authors—i.e., Finnish and Chinese—(13), were not available for consultation (42), and were retrieved from commercial magazines, technical reports, and press releases that miss of the research background (53)
Summary
The increasing use of private transport has had multiple effects on the urban space (for parking lots, streets) and its livability, presenting the account of its unsustainability [1]. Academics, mobility experts, and urban planners are trying to rethink people’s transport mode selections by investigating less energy-intensive modes such as walking and the use of micromobility devices [6]. In the United States, micromobility refers to vehicles with a mass of no more than 350 kg and a design speed of no more than 45 km/h. In Europe, there is no univocal definition of the term, but the European Union regulation No 168/2013 has established the L-category vehicles as a reference for the member countries. Micromobility refers to electric-powered micro Personal Mobility Vehicles (e-PMVs).
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