Transport planners could also work with the providers to find ways to better mobilize the potential of sharing services for CO2 reduction and car replacement. Ideally, shared e-scooters and e-bikes would enlarge the catchment area of local public transport, open up the last mile in the outskirts for commuters and help to break peak loads during rush hour. “Whether the potential can be implemented depends on how we use micromobility in the future,” Reck sums up.
Micromobility – rental scooters are more damaging to the climate than they are to us
