Ehsan RAHIMI, University of Illinois Chicago, United States
Mohammadian ABOLFAZL (KOUROS), University of Illinois Chicago, United States
Shifting people from car-oriented lifestyles to more active lifestyles has long been the dominant note of a vast majority of research in urban planning and public policy. Concrete evidence among the socio-psychological literature of travel behavior could be found suggesting that, with disruptive changes in the context where the travelers make their decisions, a “window of opportunities” opens up for interrupting the habits, and hence, a more sustainable behavioral change. The present research is set out to investigate whether or not the shared E-scooter program recently launched in the American cities could be thought of as the context-changer we were looking for. As a case study, we specifically focus attention on the city of Chicago, Illinois. This study aims to analyze the usage frequency of shared E-scooter in Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemic. To do so, we designed a comprehensive survey to understand the characteristics of shared E-scooter users in Chicago and the benefits of promoting shared E-scooters in the region. This online survey launched in the Chicago region, and collected a rich set of data (2400 observations) regarding the residents’ socio-demographic details, their usage behavior with respect to shared E-scooter system. Consistent with the scope of this study, one question was designed to inquire about individuals’ usage frequency associated with shared E-scooter during the COVID-19 pandemic. To characterize the usage frequency of shared E-scooters, we utilized an ordered probit model which characterizes the influential factors affecting the usage frequency of shared E-scooter while it indirectly includes the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mots clés : shared E-scooters|Micro-mobility|Lifestyle|Chicago
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