research report

Is Micromobility Being Used in Place of Car Trips in Daily Travel (or “Trip Chains”)?

Abstract

To understand the extent to which micromobility services such as bike-share and scooter-share are enabling car-lightlifestyles by replacing driving, this report explores the trip-chaining patterns of micromobility users. The research team used travel diary data collected from micromobility users in 48 cities across the US. Findings from their analysis shows that a considerable portion of car owners are leaving their cars at home when using micromobility. This suggests that, for a subset of users, micromobility can form part of a car-free or car-light day of travel, despite having a car available. In addition, micromobility services are supportive of complex trip chains that include both work and non-work trips with reduced reliance on cars. The use of micromobility services tends to entirely replace shorter car trips on shorter-length trip chains.

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Nicholas Marantz

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Jae Hong Kim (lead), Jesus M. Barajas, Douglas Houston, Nicholas Marantz

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Jamey Volker (lead), Susan Pike, Nicholas Marantz

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Pei (Peggy) Wang (lead), Xinwei Yang

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Pei (Peggy) Wang (lead), Rui Lin

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Pei (Peggy) Wang (lead), Rui Lin

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Joan Walker (lead), Johanna Zmud, Phoebe Ho

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Susan Shaheen (lead), Adam Cohen, Madeline Brozen, Evelyn Blumenberg, Joan Walker, Rasik Hussain, Nicole Matteson, Aqshems Nichols

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Jeffrey M. Vincent

Director, Berkeley Infrastructure Initiative (BI2), UC Berkeley

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Jeffrey M. Vincent (lead), Sandra Mukasa, Jamie Albrecht, Karen Frick

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Jamey Volker

Professional Researcher, National Center for Sustainable Transportation, UC Davis

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Adam Millard-Ball (lead), Jamey Volker, Elisa Barbour, Susan Handy

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UC Davis, UCLA

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Brian D. Taylor (lead), Susan Pike, Samuel Speroni, Fariba Siddiq

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Susan Shaheen (lead), Elliot Martin, Mengying Ju

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Susan Shaheen (lead), Susan Pike, Kari Edison Watkins, Adam Cohen, Michael Hyland

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Susan Shaheen (lead), Elliot Martin, Mengying Ju

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UC Berkeley

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Jean-Daniel Saphores (lead), Anne C. Bellows

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UC Irvine

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Jean-Daniel Saphores (lead), Llorenc Miquel

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UC Irvine

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Michael Zhang (lead), Egon Terplan, Qiao Yu, Jiaqi Ma, Mollie Cohen D'Agostino, David Brownstone, Craig Rindt, Brain He, Yifang Zhu, Michael Manville, Jean-Daniel Saphores

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