Estimating Energy Bounds for Adoption of Shared Micromobility

Sun, Bingrong; Garikapati, Venu; Wilson, Alana; Duvall, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2021.103012

Estimating Energy Bounds for Adoption of Shared Micromobility

Journal Article · 13 September 2021 · Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.103012· OSTI ID:1821906

Sun, Bingrong; ; ;

Shared micromobility has garnered widespread popularity in recent years, but limited attention has been given to the energy impacts of trips replaced by micromobility. This paper investigates the energy bounds of shared micromobility adoption. Travel demand data at the national and city level were analyzed to identify trips that can be served through micromobility, and scenarios with varying levels of micromobility adoption were evaluated. Results show that peak adoption of shared micromobility can reduce energy consumption from reported passenger travel by 1% at the national level and 2.6% at the city level, with micromobility-induced transit trips identified as the largest contributor for energy reduction. Sensitivity analysis was carried out to show how the energy impacts would change with various levels of key micromobility-related parameters, and results show distance threshold having a stronger influence on the energy impacts, compared to redistribution energy intensity.

Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1821906

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5400-80153; MainId:42356; UUID:e9c38192-04eb-4f34-9f9c-a50f3c8eb4a3; MainAdminID:62936

Journal Information:: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol. 100

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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