Motives for and barriers to the use of electric moped scooter sharing services

• Authors: Paweł Bartkowiak , Szymon Michalak , Maciej Młodzik

Abstracts

EN

In line with the concept of sustainable development, changes in various forms of urban transport have been observed over the past few years, and the implementation of low-emission transport solutions is becoming a priority for local government. One of the key changes observed worldwide taking place on the urban transport market is the dynamic development of various forms of shared micro-mobility. One of these forms are electric moped scooter sharing services and despite their rapid growth in popularity, the existing research contributions on determinants of the use of this micro-mobility mode are limited to only a few studies. The goal of this paper is to advance knowledge regarding the motives and barriers to the use of electric moped scooter sharing services. The paper discusses the results of a study that was carried out in 2021 on a sample of 352 Polish users of electric moped scooter sharing services. The most important reasons for using these services included the convenience of this mobility mode and no city parking costs. The biggest barriers in choosing this micro-mobility mode for Polish consumers were those related to the safety of use.

Keywords

EN

shared micro-mobility; shared mobility; moped scooter-sharing; motives; consumer behavior; transport; consumer innovativeness

• Publisher: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Instytut Lotnictwa
• Journal: Marketing Instytucji Naukowych i Badawczych
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 17-34

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Paweł Bartkowiak

• Poznań University of Economics and Business Al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań

• https://orcid.org/000000019330756X

author

Szymon Michalak

• Poznań University of Economics and Business Al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań

• https://orcid.org/0000000328747694

author

Maciej Młodzik

• Piasecki University of Physical Education in Poznań Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań

• https://orcid.org/0000000338038939

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/minib-2021-0019

Biblioteka Nauki

11059634