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Accessibility and the Crowded Sidewalk: Micromobility’S Impact on Public Space CYNTHIA L
Accessibility and The Crowded Sidewalk: Micromobility’s Impact on Public Space CYNTHIA L. BENNETT Carnegie Mellon University, [email protected] EMILY E. ACKERMAN Univerisity of Pittsburgh, [email protected] BONNIE FAN Carnegie Mellon University, [email protected] JEFFREY P. BIGHAM Carnegie Mellon University, [email protected] PATRICK CARRINGTON Carnegie Mellon University, [email protected] SARAH E. FOX Carnegie Mellon University, [email protected] Over the past several years, micromobility devices—small-scale, networked vehicles used to travel short distances—have begun to pervade cities, bringing promises of sustainable transportation and decreased congestion. Though proponents herald their role in offering lightweight solutions to disconnected transit, smart scooters and autonomous delivery robots increasingly occupy pedestrian pathways, reanimating tensions around the right to public space. Drawing on interviews with disabled activists, government officials, and commercial representatives, we chart how devices and policies co-evolve to fulfill municipal sustainability goals, while creating obstacles for people with disabilities whose activism has long resisted inaccessible infrastructure. We reflect on efforts to redistribute space, institute tech governance, and offer accountability to those who involuntarily encounter interventions on the ground. In studying micromobility within spatial and political context, we call for the HCI community to consider how innovation transforms as it moves out from centers of development toward peripheries of design consideration. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing~Accessibility~Empirical studies in accessibility Additional Keywords and Phrases: Micromobility, Accessibility, Activism, Governance, Public space ACM Reference Format: Cynthia L. Bennett, Emily E. Ackerman, Bonnie Fan, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Patrick Carrington, and Sarah E. Fox. 2021. Accessibility and The Crowded Sidewalk: Micromobility’s Impact on Public Space. -
Sustaining Dockless Bike-Sharing Based on Business Principles
Copyright Warning & Restrictions The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a, user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use” that user may be liable for copyright infringement, This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. Please Note: The author retains the copyright while the New Jersey Institute of Technology reserves the right to distribute this thesis or dissertation Printing note: If you do not wish to print this page, then select “Pages from: first page # to: last page #” on the print dialog screen The Van Houten library has removed some of the personal information and all signatures from the approval page and biographical sketches of theses and dissertations in order to protect the identity of NJIT graduates and faculty. ABSTRACT SUSTAINING DOCKLESS BIKE-SHARING BASED ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES by Neil Horowitz Currently in urban areas, the value of money and fuel is increasing because of urban traffic congestion. As an environmentally sustainable and short-distance travel mode, dockless bike-sharing not only assists in resolving the issue of urban traffic congestion, but additionally assists in minimizing pollution, satisfying the demand of the last mile problem, and improving societal health. -
Shared Mobility Systems Gilbert Laporte, Frédéric Meunier, Roberto Wolfler Calvo
Shared mobility systems Gilbert Laporte, Frédéric Meunier, Roberto Wolfler Calvo To cite this version: Gilbert Laporte, Frédéric Meunier, Roberto Wolfler Calvo. Shared mobility systems. 4OR: A Quar- terly Journal of Operations Research, Springer Verlag, 2015, 13 (4), pp.341-360. 10.1007/s10288-015- 0301-z. hal-01792763 HAL Id: hal-01792763 https://hal-enpc.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01792763 Submitted on 15 May 2018 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. SHARED MOBILITY SYSTEMS GILBERT LAPORTE, FRED´ ERIC´ MEUNIER, AND ROBERTO WOLFLER CALVO Abstract. Shared mobility systems for bicycles and cars have grown in popularity in recent years and have attracted the attention of the operational research community. Researchers have investigated several problems arising at the strategic, tactical and operational levels. This survey paper classifies the relevant literature under five main headings: station location, fleet dimensioning, station inventory, rebalancing incentives, and vehicle repositioning. It closes with some open research questions. Key words: survey, shared mobility systems, bicycle and car sharing, fleet dimensioning, inventory rebalancing, vehicle repositioning. 1. Introduction The world of transportation has witnessed a mini-revolution in June 2007 with the launch- ing of the V´elib'bicycle sharing system in Paris. -
Public Bicycle Schemes
Division 44 Water, Energy and Transport Recommended Reading and Links on Public Bicycle Schemes September 2010 Reading List on Public Bicycle Schemes Preface Various cities around the world are trying methods to encourage bicycling as a sustainable transport mode. Among those methods in encouraging cycling implementing public bicycle schemes is one. The public bicycle schemes are also known as bicycle sharing systems, community bicycling schemes etc., The main idea of a public bicycle system is that the user need not own a bicycle but still gain the advantages of bicycling by renting a bicycle provided by the scheme for a nominal fee or for free of charge (as in some cities). Most of these schemes enable people to realize one way trips, because the users needn’t to return the bicycles to the origin, which will avoid unnecessary travel. Public bicycle schemes provide not only convenience for trips in the communities, they can also be a good addition to the public transport system. Encouraging public bike systems have shown that there can be numerous short that could be made by a bicycle instead of using motorised modes. Public bike schemes also encourage creative designs in bikes and also in the operational mechanisms. The current document is one of the several efforts of GTZ-Sustainable Urban Transport Project to bring to the policymakers an easy to access list of available material on Public Bike Schemes (PBS) which can be used in their everyday work. The document aims to list out some influential and informative resources that highlight the importance of PBS in cities and how the existing situation could be improved. -
The Bike- Share Planning Guide
THE BIKE- SHARE PLANNING GUIDE Introduction Sub 1 Introduction Sub 2 THE BIKE- SHARE PLANNING GUIDE Introduction Sub 3 The Bike-share Planning Guide Cover Photo: Mexico City's Ecobici has helped to increase cycling mode share in Mexico City. Cover Photo By: Udayalaksmanakartiyasa Halim 9 East 19th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10003 tel +1 212 629 8001 www.itdp.org Introduction Sub 4 Authors and Acknowledgements The writing of this report was a collaborative effort across ITDP and our partners. Contributing authors include: Aimee Gauthier, Colin Hughes, Christopher Kost, Shanshan Li, Clarisse Linke, Stephanie Lotshaw, Jacob Mason, Carlosfelipe Pardo, Clara Rasore, Bradley Schroeder, and Xavier Treviño. The authors would also like to thank Christopher Van Eyken, Jemilah Magnusson, and Gabriel Lewenstein for their support in the creation of the guide. ITDP is especially grateful to the following people for providing comments on and contributions to sections of this report: Alison Cohen, Director of Bike Share Services, Toole Design Group (with many thanks to Shomik Mehndiratta and the World Bank for their support of Ms. Cohen’s research) Dani Simons, Director of Marketing, NYC Bike Share Matteo Martignoni, International Human Powered Vehicle Association and former ITDP board member Jeff Olson, Alta Planning and Design Chris Holben, former Project Manager for Capital Bikeshare District Department of Transportation. Introduction Sub 5 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 8 1.1 The Benefits of Bike-share 14 1.2 History of Bike-share 19 1.3 New Developments and Trends 25 1.4 Building Political Will 26 1.5 Elements of Bike-share 27 2 THE PLANNING PROCESS 28 AND FEASIBILITY STUDY 2.1 Overview of Planning Process 30 2.2 Feasibility Study 32 2.3 Bike-Share Metrics 40 2.3.1 Basic Context Data and System Metrics 40 2.3.2 Performance Metrics 41 2.4 Coverage Area 43 2.5 System Sizing: Three Basic 44 Planning Parameters 2.6 Financial Analysis 48 3 DETAILED PLANNING AND DESIGN 52 3.1 Station Location 57 3.2 Station Sizing 63 3.3 Station Type and Design 64 3.3.1 Manual vs. -
BICYCLE SHARING in CHINA: PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE Naidong Zhao Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, [email protected]
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) SAIS 2018 Proceedings Southern (SAIS) Spring 3-23-2018 BICYCLE SHARING IN CHINA: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Naidong Zhao Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, [email protected] Xihui Zhang University of North Alabama, [email protected] M. Shane Banks University of North Alabama, [email protected] Mingke Xiong Beijing Normal University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/sais2018 Recommended Citation Zhao, Naidong; Zhang, Xihui; Banks, M. Shane; and Xiong, Mingke, "BICYCLE SHARING IN CHINA: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE" (2018). SAIS 2018 Proceedings. 11. https://aisel.aisnet.org/sais2018/11 This material is brought to you by the Southern (SAIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in SAIS 2018 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact [email protected]. Zhao et al. Bicycle Sharing in China: Past, Present, and Future BICYCLE SHARING IN CHINA: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Naidong Zhao Xihui Zhang Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology University of North Alabama [email protected] [email protected] M. Shane Banks Mingke Xiong University of North Alabama Beijing Normal University [email protected] [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper systematically explicates the historical developmental stages of China’s bicycle sharing economy including current and future business models. This paper also identifies problems that exist in the evolution of China’s bicycle sharing and provides potential solutions. -
Guideline for Bike Rental Transdanube.Pearls Final Draft
Transdanube.Pearls - Network for Sustainable Mobility along the Danube http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transdanube-pearls Guideline for bike rental Transdanube.Pearls Final Draft WP/Action 3.1 Author: Inštitút priestorového plánovania Version/Date 3.0, 23.11.2017 Document Revision/Approval Version Date Status Date Status 3.0 23/11/2017 Final draft xx.xx.xxxx final Contacts Coordinator: Bratislava Self-governing Region Sabinovská 16, P.O. Box 106 820 05 Bratislava web: www.region-bsk.sk Author: Inštitút priestorového plánovania Ľubľanská 1 831 02 Bratislava web: http://ipp.szm.com More information about Transdanube.Pearls project are available at www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transdanube-pearls Page 2 of 41 www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transdanube-pearls Abbreviations BSS Bike Sharing Scheme ECF European Cyclists´ Federation POI Point of Interest PT Public Transport Page 3 of 41 www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transdanube-pearls Table of content Contacts ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Bike Rental ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Execuive summary ................................................................................................................................................. 5 1. Best practice examples from across -
Public Bicycles
New Seamless Mobility Services Public Bicycles 4 PolicyPliocyoeslli y notes t NICHES is a Coordination Action funded by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme for R&D, Priority 6.2 Sustainable Surface Transport What is it about? Characteristics Public Bicycles: • are innovative schemes of rental or free bicycles in urban areas; Example: Vélo’v in Lyon • can be used for daily mobility as one-way-use is possible and they can be seen as part of the public How did the French City of Lyon transport system; encourage thousands of people to • differ from traditional, mostly leisure-oriented bicycle use the bicycle as urban transport rental services as they provide fast and easy access; mode within a few months? • have diversifi ed in organisational layout, the business A big part of this success story is models and the applied technology towards “smart bikes” due to the introduction of the (rental process via smart card or mobile phone). Public Bicycle scheme vélo’v. Each of the 2,000 bicycles available The transferability of Public Bicycle schemes to cities at racks throughout the city centre with appropriate framework conditions for cycling has is used on average 16 times on a been proven in many cases (e.g. in France, Germany, typical summer day. Within the Scandinavia and Spain). fi rst six months after its introduction, 2 Million trips were made with the Public Bicycles, Key benefi ts replacing around 150,000 car trips. In combination with the The implementation of a Public Bicycle scheme... increased use of private bicycles, • provides a fast, convenient and fl exible inner urban the scheme helped to increase the transport option; bicycle share in the modal split. -
Public Bicycle Schemes: Applying The
Division 44 Water, Energy, Transport Public Bicycle Schemes: Applying the Concept in Developing Cities Examples from India Sustainable Urban Transport Technical Document # 3 By Chhavi Dhingra and Santhosh Kodukula About the authors Chhavi Dhingra is a civil engineer and has a of articles in reputed journals, newspapers Master’s Degree in transportation engineer- and magazines and contributed to numerous ing from the Asian Institute of Technology, research and policy documents. She is currently Thailand. For the last six years, she has been a part of GTZ’s Sustainable Urban Transport researching on issues related to sustainable Project (SUTP) team. transport and urban development policy and Santhosh Kodukula has a Master’s Degree in planning, in the developing country context. Environmental Management from Mahidol As a part of her research activities, she has University, Thailand, where he specialised in conducted detailed mobility assessments in Urban and Regional Planning with focus on Indian cities like Bangalore, Surat, Shillong Transport Planning and Management. For and Hyderabad, studied access issues for energy the last five years, Santhosh has been working services for the urban poor in Delhi, conducted training needs assessments for urban transport with the GTZ-Sustainable Urban Transport personnel in India, and developed a framework Project (SUTP) providing technical assistance for sustainable urban public transport provi- and implementing project activities in Asia and sion in Indian cities. She has also authored/ Pacific. He has been involved in the design and contributed to government reports on topics delivery of over 70 training courses on sustain- like impact assessment of rural road projects in able urban mobility and transport targeted at India, review of state transport plans, sustain- policy-makers and urban and transport planners ability reporting on the status of urban trans- in various countries. -
How Sustainable Are Profit-Oriented Company-To-Peer Bike-Sharing Systems?
Overshare and collapse: How sustainable are profit-oriented company-to-peer bike-sharing systems? Thomas K. Hamann, Stefan Güldenberg & Birgit Renzl Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, ob bzw. in welchem Maße ge- winnorientierte und als Business-to-Customer-Geschäft konzipierte Fahrrad-Sharing-Systeme nachhaltig sind. Basierend auf den von Martin (2016) entwickelten Zuschreibungen der Sharing Economy wird untersucht, ob kommerzielle Fahrrad-Sharing-Systeme diese ihnen beigemessenen Charakteristika tatsächlich aufweisen. Die Er- gebnisse sind ernüchternd: kommerzielle Fahrrad-Sharing-Systeme sind (1) ökonomisch (noch) nicht rentabel, (2) stellen keine nachhal- tigere Form des Konsums dar, (3) führen nicht zu einer stärker de- zentralisierten, faireren und nachhaltigeren Wirtschaft, (4) erfordern eine weitreichendere Regulierung, (5) sind anfällig für Monopolisie- rungstendenzen und (6) basieren auf weder neuen noch disruptiven Geschäftsmodellen. Die Autoren plädieren für weitere Forschungs- anstrengungen, um nachhaltigere Systeme zu entwickeln. The primary concern of this study is to examine if or to what extent profit-oriented bike-sharing systems are sustainable. Based on the frames attributed to the sharing economy developed by Martin (2016), the authors analyze whether the commercial company-to- peer bike-sharing systems actually show these attributed character- istics. The results reveal that profit-oriented bike-sharing systems (1) do not pay off (yet) in economic terms, (2) are not a more sus- tainable form of consumption, (3) are not a pathway towards a more decentralized, equitable, and sustainable economy, (4) may need more regulation, (5) are subject to monopolistic tendencies fueled by venture capitalists, and (6) the underlying business-model is neither new nor disruptive. Further research needs to address the development of more sustainable systems. -
Exploring Bicycle Options for Federal Lands: Bike Sharing, Rentals and Employee Fleets
FHWA-WFL/TD-12-001 JANUARY 2012 EXPLORING BICYCLE OPTIONS FOR FEDERAL LANDS: BIKE SHARING, RENTALS AND EMPLOYEE FLEETS Technical Report published by Technology Deployment Program Western Federal Lands Highway Division Federal Highway Administration 610 East 5th St. Vancouver, WA 98661 For more information or additional copies contact: Susan Law, Planning Team Leader [email protected], 360.619.7840 Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. FHWA-WFL/TD-12-001 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date January 2012 EXPLORING BICYCLE OPTIONS FOR FEDERAL LANDS: BIKE SHARING, RENTALS AND EMPLOYEE FLEETS 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Rebecca Gleason, Laurie Miskimins 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Western Transportation Institute P.O. Box 174250 11. Contract or Grant No. Bozeman, MT 59717-4250 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Federal Highway Administration Final Report Western Federal Lands Highway Division August 2009 – July 2011 610 East 5th St. Vancouver, WA 98661 14. Sponsoring Agency Code HFL-17 15. Supplementary Notes COTR: Susan Law – FHWA CFLHD/WFLHD. Advisory Panel Members: Adam Schildge – FTA, Alan Turnbull – NPS RTCA, Andrew Duvall, National Science Foundation IGERT PhD student, Brandon Jutz – FWS, Candace Rutt – CDC, Diana Allen – NPS RTCA, Franz Gimmler – non-motorized consultant, Ivan Levin – Outdoor Foundation, Jane D. Wargo – HHS, Jason Martz – NPS, Jim Evans – NPS, Nathan Caldwell – FWS, Paul DeMaio – Bike Share consultant, Tokey Boswell – NPS. This project was funded by the Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Road Program. -
Building a 21St Century Cycling City: Strategies for Action in Toronto
Green Prosperity Papers Building a 21st Century Cycling City: Strategies for Action in Toronto — by Trudy Ledsham and Dr. Beth Savan January 2017 Metcalf Foundation Acknowledgements Methodology The mission of The George Cedric Metcalf This paper, from the Metcalf Green To develop, inform and refine the issues Charitable Foundation is to enhance the Prosperity Series, was made possible and recommendations in this report, a effectiveness of people and organizations through the financial support of the Metcalf series of consultations with local, national, working together to help Canadians imagine Foundation as well as by the generous and international bicycling experts were and build a just, healthy, and creative sharing of time and knowledge by our carried out during the summer of 2015. society. reviewers and advisors. Experts in the field including academic transportation researchers, academic and Local Advisors/Reviewers: Nancy Smith municipal planners, public health experts Beth Savan Lea, Dan Egan, Dave McLaughlin, Adam and active transportation advocates were Popper, Jacqueline Hayward Gulati, Carol invited to participate. We undertook a Beth Savan, Ph.D., an award-winning Mee, Jared Kolb, and Kristin Schwartz. three-stage process: initially local experts teacher, scholar and broadcaster, is were gathered for a discussion based on a appointed to the faculty of the School of National/international Advisors/ series of questions (Appendix A) to Environment at the University of Toronto, Reviewers: Ralph Buehler, Kevin stimulate thoughts and provide direction where she served as the inaugural Manaugh, Marco Te Brommelstroet, Ray for the report. This wide ranging discussion Sustainability Director at the St. George Tomalty, Meghan Winters, and Andrew led to detailed research and the draft of a campus.