The rise of e-scooters has opened debates about their benefits, burdens, safety, and purpose of use. Questions less-frequently asked, however, are how people enjoy and perceive e-scooter trips and whether there are any differences between shared and privately owned e-scooters. We gathered data through an internet-based survey in the United Kingdom and used descriptive statistics and a Structural Equation Model (SEM) to interrogate characteristics, perceptions and behaviours of e-scooter users and their links with travel satisfaction. Results show that owners of private e-scooter perform more trips and travel longer distances than users of shared e-scooters, that leisure at the destination is the primary purpose for shared e-scooter trips while going home and going to work are the main trip purposes for private e-scooters, and that e-scooters trips are mainly replacing walking and transit trips. Results from the SEM suggest that trips on private e-scooters have higher levels of satisfaction.

Daniel Oviedo, Orlando Sabogal-Cardona, Surya Pontanugraha
University College London

 
ID Abstract: 228