Krishnamurthy, Chandra
- Department of Forest Bioeconomy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
We conduct the first U.S.-wide analysis, which includes over 100 cities, of the relationship between the number of micromobility systems and public transit ridership, which we proxy for using unlinked passenger trips (UPT) per capita. Our main study period is 2015 to 2019, during which we find that an additional micromobility system is associated with a statistically significant increase in UPT per capita of 0.026 (p < 0.01), which represents 1.2% of mean UPT per capita. Evaluating these effects by type of micromobility system, we find that only e-scooter systems exert a consistently statistically significant positive association. We also find: 1) that the effect is larger in less populated urban areas and; 2) when examining this effect after the COVID-19 pandemic (2022 to 2023), effects are insignificant or marginally significant. This implies micromobility systems complemented public transit before the pandemic, but the effect afterwards is less clear.
Published in
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
2026, volume: 154, article number: 105256
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Studies in Social Sciences
Transport Systems and Logistics
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2026.105256
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/146305