Project Description
This PhD research project explores how micromobility (MM), including e-bikes and e-scooters, can be harnessed for improved event management. The project will: interview a variety of stakeholders to understand how we can improve MM parking and operations at events; compare and analyse trip data from users at different stadia and events; and, complete user questionnaires with hundreds of users and non-users to understand how we can best encourage preferred MM use by visitors and spectators.
Project Personnel and Beneficiaries
The project is working with micromobility operators, stadium operators, local and state governments and other key stakeholders in Queensland. It will benefit stadium and micromobility operators around the world, and benefit the millions of users who make use of this transport option to get to and from events.
Outcomes to Date
The project has commenced and has developed a new typology of MM for events, a theoretical framework and constructs for the questionnaire surveys. Field trips have captured MM parking and management at key stadia in South East Queensland.
Project Significance
The project contributes to more sustainable cities by encouraging micro-electric travel rather than private car travel to/from events. It explores how best to make use of existing infrastructure and what needs to change in the built environment for MM to flourish. It looks at how to manage MM in and around event locations in ways that minimise harm and crash risk, both to riders and non-riders.