Project description
Building resilience to revolutionise urban mobility
Increasing urban traffic and environmental challenges have prompted the investigation, development and diversification of sustainable transportation alternatives worldwide. However, alongside sustainability, the resilience of these alternatives during severe disruptions is equally crucial. Yet, there’s a significant gap in comprehensive evaluation systems for urban and transportation planners to assess and plan for transport resilience in their respective contexts. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the ROMSUR project addresses this deficiency by proposing a model to evaluate the overall resilience of shared micromobility systems. Through empirical analysis of major shared micromobility programmes in Europe before, during and after the pandemic, ROMSUR aims to provide insights crucial for enhancing governance and long-term planning of sustainable urban transport.
Objective
Increasing urban traffic and environmental challenges have driven the investigation, development, and diversification of sustainable transportation alternatives globally. The resilience of these alternatives has also been considered equally important in recent research in order to ensure a more safe, accessible, and equitable transportation system during severe disruptions. However, there is a lack of comprehensive evaluation system through which urban and transportation planners can assess and plan for transport resilience in their own geographical contexts. In this regard, this research proposes a model to evaluate an overall resilience of shared micromobillity systems through their commonly available usage patterns in light of current challenges and future opportunities. Specifically, it takes major shared micromobillity programs (e.g. station-based bike-sharing (SBBS), free-floating bike-sharing (FFBS), free-floating e-bike sharing (FFEBS), and free-floating e-scooter sharing (FFESS)) operating in Europe as examples to empirically analyze the mobility patterns of their users across three timescales: before, during, and after the pandemic. As a methodology, this study will utilize a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques. The expected outcomes will help in improving governance and an appropriate appraisal of sustainable urban transport alternatives, which are still in its infancy. The resilience assessment tool will further help develop long-term systems for measuring and executing mobility plans on both sides of the mobility equation: supply and demand.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinator
601 77 Brno
Czechia