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"The first rental electric scooters quietly appeared on the streets of Brisbane
in late 2018. Four years later, distinctively coloured e-scooters are seemingly
everywhere, with trial schemes popping up in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide,
Darwin and Perth.
Outside Australia, scooter share schemes are now operating in dozens of cities
worldwide, and growth is expected to continue.
E-scooters offer commuters and tourists a way to cover shorter distances
quickly – and without breaking a sweat. It’s for this reason Australian cities
are trialling these schemes as part of broader interest in micromobility –
small, light and often electric ways of getting around, such as bikes, e-bikes
and e-scooters.
But one question previously unanswered is: what about the weather? If the skies
open, do e-scooter users switch to cars or public transport? What about intense
summer heat?
Our new research on the Brisbane e-scooter trial found trips actually increase
as the heat rises, compared to human-powered bikes which see declining use in
hotter weather.
When it’s wet, e-scooters remain more popular than bike share schemes – but not
by much. We found around 32% of e-scooter trips take place in wet weather –
compared to around 28% of bikesharing trips"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
