@article{ref1,
title="Causal effect of low-income areas on shared dockless e-scooter use",
journal="Transportation research part D: transport and environment",
year="2021",
author="Frias-Martinez, Vanessa and Sloate, Elliott and Manglunia, Himanshi and Wu, Jiahui",
volume="100",
number="",
pages="e103038-e103038",
abstract="Shared dockless e-scooters are a popular micro-mobility solution in the US. However, e-scooters have raised equity concerns about lack of accessibility by low-income residents. Related work on the role of income on e-scooter use is limited, and mostly focused on non-causal approaches and surveys that can only point to non-causal relationships between e-scooter use and income. Causal analyses have been extensively used in other fields of research providing a framework to identify root causes that can point to actionable tasks. We propose a causal framework to carry out causality analyses of the effects of low income on shared dockless e-scooter use, and we discuss results and implications for four cities in the US. We propound that the proposed framework can be used to analyze the income-based imbalances shared dockless e-scooter companies incur in, and might serve as a tool to encourage changes that push for higher equity and inclusion.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1361-9209",
doi="10.1016/j.trd.2021.103038",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.103038"
}