Mobility stations are a relatively new concept to integrate public transport with shared mobility services like carsharing and bikesharing. To fight car dependency and its negative consequences like congestion, occupancy of public space, and emissions, the City of Würzburg built nine mobility stations in 2015. The aim of this work is to evaluate this concept and its effects on travel behavior, car ownership, and CO2 emissions and to generate recommendations for the future of integrated mobility services in Würzburg. The two main methods applied are an online survey and an analysis of backend data of carsharing and bikesharing. The evaluation is further based on literature research, an interview with the planner of the stations and site visits. Backend data for more than one year was provided by the companies nextbike and scouter and the joint survey for users and non-users in cooperation with the University of Würzburg reached in total around 850 respondents, of which approximately 100 were identified as users of shared mobility services in Würzburg. Würzburg’s mobility stations are known by 75% of users and 58% of non-users and are effective in increasing the attractiveness of shared mobility services in Würzburg. Users show a tendency to shed private cars while increasing the use of carsharing and public transport use since the stations were opened. Uptake of bikesharing, which is mainly used by visitors, among residents turned out to be significantly slower than in carsharing. While the usual form of getting to and from mobility stations is walking, intermodal trip chains at the stations were found mainly among carsharing users, which reach the stations in up to 20% of all cases by public transport – a behavior that was not observed at regular scouter stations. The saved CO2 emissions are estimated at 650 t per year, mainly through a reduction of both car ownership and vehicle-kilometers. It is to conclude that the stations are an effective tool to promote shared mobility services as an alternative to private car ownership and monomodal travel behavior in Würzburg. They contribute to reducing the CO2 emissions caused by private cars and lower parking pressure in their surroundings. Key future recommendations are a stronger branding as well as improvements in the bikesharing system.
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Mobility stations are a relatively new concept to integrate public transport with shared mobility services like carsharing and bikesharing. To fight car dependency and its negative consequences like congestion, occupancy of public space, and emissions, the City of Würzburg built nine mobility stations in 2015. The aim of this work is to evaluate this concept and its effects on travel behavior, car ownership, and CO2 emissions and to generate recommendations for the future of integrated mobility...
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