Bike sharingBike sharingand scooter sharingScooter sharing services are seen as elements that can effectively contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development GoalsUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in terms of creating sustainable and livable citiesLivable cities. However, in recent years, bike sharing systemsBike sharing systemsin PolandPoland have faced a period of crisisCrisis. Introduction of e-scooter sharingE-scooter sharing services and COVID-19Covid-19created economic shocksEconomic shocks on the micro-mobility marketMicro-mobility marketin citiesCities in Poland. Bike sharing systems were shut down during the 2020 lockdownLockdown, but e-scooter sharing systems were not. This led to the fast development of e-scooter sharing which was perceived by users as safer than public transportation in terms of the threat of contagion. Most of the urbanUrban bike sharing systems recovered after these economic shocksEconomic shocks, but e-scooter systems dominated micro-mobility market in PolandPoland. By 2022, the e-scooter fleet was almost four times the size of bike sharing systemsBike sharing systems. In the two years from 2020 to 2022 the number of e-scooter sharingE-scooter sharing systems has quadrupled reaching 181, and the fleet sizeFleet size has increased fivefold reaching 94 thousand e-scooters. To compete with growing e-scooter sharing, operators of BSSBike sharing systems in cooperation with municipal authoritiesMunicipal authoritiesshould modernizeModernize fleet their fleet to make it more attractive for users. Some of the bike sharing system operators in Polish cities have already introduced changes in their systems and improved their services by introducing new vehicles, technologies, and changes in fleet management to meet the needs of their customers.
E-Scooter Sharing and COVID-19 Impacts on the Bike Sharing Market in Polish Cities
Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements
2024-02-06
12 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
e-scooter sharing systems , Economic shocks , New technology , Customer usage , Polish market , COVID-19 era , SDG11 Environment , Environmental Management , Public Policy , Health Promotion and Disease Prevention , Cities, Countries, Regions , Urban Economics , Waste Management/Waste Technology , Earth and Environmental Science
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