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<p>In line with the concept of sustainable development, changes in various forms of urban transport have been observed over the past few years, and the implementation of low-emission transport solutions is becoming a priority for local government. One of the key changes observed worldwide taking place on the urban transport market is the dynamic development of various forms of shared micro-mobility. One of these forms are electric moped scooter sharing services and despite their rapid growth in popularity, the existing research contributions on determinants of the use of this micro-mobility mode are limited to only a few studies. The goal of this paper is to advance knowledge regarding the motives and barriers to the use of electric moped scooter sharing services. The paper discusses the results of a study that was carried out in 2021 on a sample of 352 Polish users of electric moped scooter sharing services. The most important reasons for using these services included the convenience of this mobility mode and no city parking costs. The biggest barriers in choosing this micro-mobility mode for Polish consumers were those related to the safety of use.</p>
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In line with the concept of sustainable development, changes in various forms of urban transport have been observed over the past few years, and the implementation of low-emission transport solutions is becoming a priority for local government. One of the key changes observed worldwide taking place on the urban transport market is the dynamic development of various forms of shared micro-mobility. One of these forms are electric moped scooter sharing services and despite their rapid growth in popularity, the existing research contributions on determinants of the use of this micro-mobility mode are limited to only a few studies. The goal of this paper is to advance knowledge regarding the motives and barriers to the use of electric moped scooter sharing services. The paper discusses the results of a study that was carried out in 2021 on a sample of 352 Polish users of electric moped scooter sharing services. The most important reasons for using these services included the convenience of this mobility mode and no city parking costs. The biggest barriers in choosing this micro-mobility mode for Polish consumers were those related to the safety of use.

Motives for and Barriers to the Use of Electric Moped Scooter Sharing Services

Poznań University of Economics and Business

Piasecki University of Physical Education in Poznań

Marketing of Scientific and Research Organizations

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In line with the concept of sustainable development, changes in various forms of urban transport have been observed over the past few years, and the...

Motives for and Barriers to the Use of Electric Moped Scooter Sharing Services

Publié en ligne: 02 févr. 2022

Pages: 17 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minib-2021-0019

Mots clés
shared micro-mobility, shared mobility, moped scooter-sharing, motives, consumer behavior, transport, consumer innovativeness

© 2021 Paweł Bartkowiak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Motives for and Barriers to the Use of Electric Moped Scooter Sharing Services

Publié en ligne: 02 févr. 2022

Pages: 17 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minib-2021-0019

Mots clésshared micro-mobility, shared mobility, moped scooter-sharing, motives, consumer behavior, transport, consumer innovativeness

© 2021 Paweł Bartkowiak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
shared micro-mobility, shared mobility, moped scooter-sharing, motives, consumer behavior, transport, consumer innovativeness