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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Main Authors: Botte, M. (Author), Chiaradonna, S. (Author), D’Acierno, L. (Author), Di Costanzo, L. (Author), Pariota, L. (Author), Tanzilli, M. (Author), Tescione, C. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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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. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
ISBN:20711050 (ISSN)
DOI:10.3390/su14137960