Free-floating, electric micromobility offers have spread rapidly in many large German cities in recent months. This has led to a large number of incidents. In addition, there are increasing doubts about the transport and ecological benefits of the shared vehicles. In future, it is to be expected that mobility service providers will extend their offer to medium-sized cities as well.
This master's thesis deals with the question of the extent to which private mobility service providers can be regulated in a targeted manner by cities. In addition, the possible effects of different shared, small electric vehicles on mobility behavior as well as traffic-related air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in medium-sized cities are to be assessed. Finally, the transferability of the findings is to be examined and, based on this, recommendations for dealing with electric micromobility in cities are to be developed.
In order to answer the research questions and achieve the objectives, literature research as well as a written expert interview and a citizen survey were conducted in the city of Ludwigsburg.
It has been shown that cities can influence the spread and ecology of free-floating shared vehicles by means of innovative regulation methods and can collect extensive traffic data. An availability of small electric vehicles (e-scooters, e-bikes, e-cargo-bikes) in Ludwigsburg would substitute more car routes than routes with the eco-mobility modes and thus shift the modal split towards locally emission-free means of transport. This would have positive effects on local and, under certain conditions, global air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions.
Particularly with a view to strongly networked, shared forms of mobility in the future, the methods described for regulating and integrating private mobility service providers should be tested by the cities and initial experience gained.
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Free-floating, electric micromobility offers have spread rapidly in many large German cities in recent months. This has led to a large number of incidents. In addition, there are increasing doubts about the transport and ecological benefits of the shared vehicles. In future, it is to be expected that mobility service providers will extend their offer to medium-sized cities as well.
This master's thesis deals with the question of the extent to which private mobility service providers can be regu...
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