Micromobility as a key element in cities
An article (pdf) in Spanish-language online magazine CityMotion about how almost half of electric scooter trips are combined with public transport is based on a report my colleague Gildo Seisdedos and I prepared last October, in which we explore how to better organize micro-mobility in cities by having fewer, and more local, providers, more rules and control, along with dedicated parking areas for bikes and scooters.
Electric micro-mobility has expanded rapidly in the last few years: initially it was poorly regulated, with cities awash with scooters and bicycles parked, or dumped, on sidewalks, being used where they shouldn’t and ridden at inappropriate speeds. Now, the growing number of micro- mobility success stories show that there is another way of doing things, based on public-private cooperation on the basis of sharing data to create sound management principles.
Meanwhile, McKinsey’s “Why micromobility is here to stay” report explains why electric micromobility will be an integral part of urban planning as pandemic-related restrictions are lifted. Combinations of motorcycles, bicycles and electric scooters are increasingly an option for more and more city dwellers, while the fears they initially prompted have largely turned out to be unfounded: they don’t cause accidents or clog up sidewalks.
