Sharing Mobility and Micromobility Services in Cities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 3116
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban analytics; computational urban planning; housing-transport interaction; spatial techniques and GIS; transport planning/policy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid evolution of sharing mobility and micromobility systems such as car sharing, bike sharing, ride sharing, e-bikes, scooters bicycles, ebikes, scooters that has been facilitated by improved access to smart phones and the internet worldwide has redefined mobility in cities in both developed and developing countries. These shared mobility and micromobility options, despite being in a somewhat nascent phase of development, have opened up new opportunities for urban residents to substitute travel modes and partake in urban activities. Shared mobility and micromobility forms have the potential to affect future urban form, spatial flows and the use, design, and organization of both public and private spaces. Increased take-up of shared mobility and micromobility could result in dramatic changes in the share of transport modes, which could lead to significant changes over the long term to urban transport infrastructure systems, development, and land use patterns.
This Special Issue will focus on the consequential short- to long-term impacts of increasing sharing mobility and micromobility services in cities. The purpose of this Special Issue will be to improve knowledge and understanding across six main themes related to shared mobility and micormobility systems that include: (i) increasing access to activity centres and points of interest through offering more affordable and reliable transport services; (ii) diversifying transportation modes and reducing dependence on private vehicles and other heavy motorized transport, thus decreasing adverse impacts such as traffic congestion, air pollution and energy consumption; (iii) releasing more urban spaces in our cities through reducing the provisioning of roads and parking; (iv) generating more opportunities for socialising and human interactions; (v) creating more economic development opportunities in service sector and tourism industry; and (vi) changing urban form and urban development patterns to allow optimized integration with shared mobility systems.
Articles are invited that address one of the six themes listed above. In addressing a particular theme, author/s may choose to undertake: a contemporary literature review of the state-of-the-art; an examination of current practice and experiences; an analysis of policy and recommendations for improved policy; a transport behavioural study; case studies; developing a theoretical framework; an examination of impacts of shared mobility systems (such as development changes and environmental improvements) and comparative analyses across various cities.
Prof. Dr. Ali Soltani
Dr. Andrew Allan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sharing mobility
- micro mobility
- cycling
- urban planning
- urban design
