@article{ref1,
title="What type of infrastructures do e-scooter riders prefer? A route choice model",
journal="Transportation research part D: transport and environment",
year="2021",
author="Zhang, Wenwen and Buehler, Ralph and Broaddus, Andrea and Sweeney, Ted",
volume="94",
number="",
pages="102761-102761",
abstract="E-scooter is an innovative travel mode that meets the demand of many travelers. A lack of understanding of user routing preferences makes it difficult for policymakers to adapt existing infrastructures to accommodate these emerging travel demands. This study develops an e-scooter route choice model to reveal riders' preferences for different types of transportation infrastructures, using revealed preferences data. The data were collected using Global Positioning System units installed on e-scooters operating on Virginia Tech's campus. We applied the Recursive Logit route choice model to 2000 randomly sampled e-scooter trajectories. The model results suggest e-scooter riders are willing to travel longer distances to ride in bikeways (59% longer), multi-use paths (29%), tertiary roads (15%), and one-way roads (21%). E-scooter users also prefer shorter and simpler routes. Finally, slope is not a determinant for e-scooter route choice, likely because e-scooters are powered by electricity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1361-9209",
doi="10.1016/j.trd.2021.102761",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102761"
}