Resources: Research & Reports

Shared mobility and a sustainable transport future in Latin American cities

July 8, 2024

This document summarizes the views and issues addressed by invited speakers and discussants at the workshop series “Shared Mobility and a Sustainable Transport Future in Latin American Cities,” hosted by WRI’s Urban Mobility team from August to October 2023. Discussions

Better Bike Share Partnership Living Lab Program: Grantee Case Studies

April 24, 2024

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In 2021, the Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP) selected five cities to be “Living Labs” - testing grounds for innovative, equitable solutions in bike share. The Living Lab program is designed to support, showcase, and learn lessons from partnerships that

Shared E-Scooters As a Last-Mile Transit Solution?

December 1, 2023

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Shared e-scooters are quickly emerging in the U.S., presenting the potential to enhance public transit by serving as a last-mile feeder mode. However, much is unknown about user preferences and travel behavior regarding e-scooter and transit integration. This study addresses this knowledge

Tackling The Gender 'Pedal Gap': Women's Night Safety Report 2023

November 27, 2023

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Lime is the world’s largest provider of shared electric bikes and e-scooters. Founded in 2017, our mission is to help build a future of transport that is shared, affordable, and carbon-free. Lime has powered more than 500 million rides in

2022 Shared Micromobility in the U.S. and Canada Report

November 1, 2023

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Half a billion trips on shared micromobility systems since 2010. Since the first modern North American bike share system launched in Montreal in 2009, shared micromobility has ushered in a transportation revolution, providing safer, cheaper, and more accessible ways for people

Widening Access to Micromobility: Understanding Use of a Reduced-Fare Program in Three Countries

September 20, 2023

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Researchers surveyed Lime riders in a dozen cities across three countries: Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. By assessing the usage patterns and personal characteristics of both Lime Access and non-Access riders, researchers compared the two groups to identify

Incorporating Shared Micromobility in EV Charging Projects

August 24, 2023

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The paper discusses the emissions reductions, mode choice, and sustainable transportation benefits that shared micromobility is realizing across North America, the popularity of electric shared micromobility, the need for scaling shared micromobility to meet user demand and transportation decarbonization goals,

2022 Shared Micromobility State of the Industry Report

August 10, 2023

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The report shows that in 2022, shared micromobility ridership re-established itself to pre-pandemic levels, and reached the highest number of cities with systems and the highest number of deployed vehicles across North America to date. The ecosystem of shared micromobility vehicles

Shared & Equitable Micromobility in California

August 3, 2023

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In this research, Jouke Ype Ruud Peutz analyzed how California’s government agencies may better assist the coordination and standardization of shared micromobility services run by private sector companies to better serve our marginalized communities. Previous work has found that shared

Accelerating Transportation Equity

June 11, 2023

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This report highlights innovative micromobility programs, launched between 2019 and 2021, that are aimed at implementing equitable practices and achieving equitable outcomes in five mid-sized U.S. cities: Denver, Colorado; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Oakland, California; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The