Adoption of Micro-Mobility Solutions for Improving Environmental Sustainability: Comparison among Transportation Systems in Urban Contexts

Sustainable transport frameworks are gaining attention within national and international transportation policies, given the key role that decarbonisation plays in making urban environments people-friendly. Within this context, several shared services and micro-mobility options are being developed, e...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 14; no. 13; p. 7960
Main Authors D’Acierno, Luca, Tanzilli, Matteo, Tescione, Chiara, Pariota, Luigi, Di Costanzo, Luca, Chiaradonna, Salvatore, Botte, Marilisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2022
Subjects
Bicycling
Carbon dioxide
Electric bicycles
Electric vehicles
Mobility
Power supply
Public transportation
Service life
Sustainability
Sustainable transportation
Transportation policy
Transportation systems
Urban environments
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Summary:Sustainable transport frameworks are gaining attention within national and international transportation policies, given the key role that decarbonisation plays in making urban environments people-friendly. Within this context, several shared services and micro-mobility options are being developed, especially as first/last mile facilities, further increasing public transport coverage levels. We present an overview of the environmental impacts of different transport modes and compare them from different perspectives, namely, CO2 emission levels, total costs (also including the user generalised cost) and service life of vehicles involved. The proposed methodology is applied to an urban context, using real trip data and showing the main findings under real conditions.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14137960