The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo: A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study

Tiziana Campisi; Alexandros Nikitas; Muhammad Ahmad Al-Rashid; Andreas Nikiforiadis; Giovanni Tesoriere; Socrates Basbas

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32

The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo: A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study

Tiziana Campisi, Alexandros Nikitas, Muhammad Ahmad Al-Rashid, Andreas Nikiforiadis, Giovanni Tesoriere, Socrates Basbas

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

5 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In recent years, e-scooters became a popular transport mode, mainly covering the “first/last mile” in the trip-chain. The recent pandemic increased the use of these vehicles because it allows social distancing. While e-scooters are already part of the daily landscape in other countries, in Italy, and especially in Sicily, their diffusion has only recently started. Operators have seen demand growth, that created several critical issues referring to vehicle maintenance and vandalism. Although e-scooters tend to be a transport solution with enormous potential, especially in overcrowded cities with increasing private car traffic, several legislative issues need also to be resolved before these can be genuinely successful. This paper shows how to improve strategic planning for e-scooter micro-mobility utilising a SWOT analysis. The paper also identifies four urban poles of attraction and analyses e-scooter suitability in terms of travel time by employing isochrones for 5, 10 and 15 min.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computational Science and Its Applications- ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Proceedings
Editors	Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Sanjay Misra, Ana Maria A.C. Rocha, Chiara Garau
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	469-483
Number of pages	15
Volume	13380 LNCS
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031105425
ISBN (Print)	9783031105418
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32
Publication status	Published - 23 Jul 2022
Event	22nd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - Malaga, Spain Duration: 4 Jul 2022 → 7 Jul 2022 Conference number: 22

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13380 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	22nd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications
Abbreviated title	ICCSA 2022
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Malaga
Period	4/07/22 → 7/07/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32Licence: Unspecified

Cite this

Campisi, T., Nikitas, A., Al-Rashid, M. A., Nikiforiadis, A., Tesoriere, G., & Basbas, S. (2022). The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo: A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study. In O. Gervasi, B. Murgante, S. Misra, A. M. A. C. Rocha, & C. Garau (Eds.), Computational Science and Its Applications- ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Proceedings (1st ed., Vol. 13380 LNCS, pp. 469-483). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13380 LNCS). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32

Campisi, Tiziana ; Nikitas, Alexandros ; Al-Rashid, Muhammad Ahmad et al. / The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo : A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study. Computational Science and Its Applications- ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Proceedings. editor / Osvaldo Gervasi ; Beniamino Murgante ; Sanjay Misra ; Ana Maria A.C. Rocha ; Chiara Garau. Vol. 13380 LNCS 1st. ed. Springer, Cham, 2022. pp. 469-483 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

@inproceedings{4ebe2153b8a04a25ba67dd658fc9ada4,

title = "The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo: A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study",

abstract = "In recent years, e-scooters became a popular transport mode, mainly covering the “first/last mile” in the trip-chain. The recent pandemic increased the use of these vehicles because it allows social distancing. While e-scooters are already part of the daily landscape in other countries, in Italy, and especially in Sicily, their diffusion has only recently started. Operators have seen demand growth, that created several critical issues referring to vehicle maintenance and vandalism. Although e-scooters tend to be a transport solution with enormous potential, especially in overcrowded cities with increasing private car traffic, several legislative issues need also to be resolved before these can be genuinely successful. This paper shows how to improve strategic planning for e-scooter micro-mobility utilising a SWOT analysis. The paper also identifies four urban poles of attraction and analyses e-scooter suitability in terms of travel time by employing isochrones for 5, 10 and 15 min.",

keywords = "Accessibility, E-scooter, Micro-mobility, Smart city, Sustainable mobility, SWOT, Travel time",

author = "Tiziana Campisi and Alexandros Nikitas and Al-Rashid, {Muhammad Ahmad} and Andreas Nikiforiadis and Giovanni Tesoriere and Socrates Basbas",

note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments. The authors acknowledge the financial support from the MIUR (Ministry of Education, Universities and Research [Italy]) through a project entitled WEAKI TRANSIT: WEAK-demand areas Innovative TRANsport Shared services for Italian Towns (Project code: 20174ARRHT/CUP Code: J74I19000320008), financed with the PRIN 2017 (Research Projects of National Relevance) program. We authorize the MIUR to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes, not-withstanding any copyright notations thereon. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the MIUR. Funding Information: Funding. This research work was partially funded by the MIUR (Ministry of Edu-cation, Universities and Research [Italy]) through a project entitled WEAKI TRANSIT. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; 22nd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2022 ; Conference date: 04-07-2022 Through 07-07-2022",

year = "2022",

month = jul,

day = "23",

doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32",

language = "English",

isbn = "9783031105418",

volume = "13380 LNCS",

series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",

publisher = "Springer, Cham",

pages = "469--483",

editor = "Osvaldo Gervasi and Beniamino Murgante and Sanjay Misra and Rocha, {Ana Maria A.C.} and Chiara Garau",

booktitle = "Computational Science and Its Applications- ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Proceedings",

address = "Switzerland",

edition = "1st",

}

Campisi, T, Nikitas, A, Al-Rashid, MA, Nikiforiadis, A, Tesoriere, G & Basbas, S 2022, The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo: A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study. in O Gervasi, B Murgante, S Misra, AMAC Rocha & C Garau (eds), Computational Science and Its Applications- ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Proceedings. 1st edn, vol. 13380 LNCS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13380 LNCS, Springer, Cham, pp. 469-483, 22nd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, Malaga, Spain, 4/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32

The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo : A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study. / Campisi, Tiziana; Nikitas, Alexandros; Al-Rashid, Muhammad Ahmad et al.

Computational Science and Its Applications- ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Proceedings. ed. / Osvaldo Gervasi; Beniamino Murgante; Sanjay Misra; Ana Maria A.C. Rocha; Chiara Garau. Vol. 13380 LNCS 1st. ed. Springer, Cham, 2022. p. 469-483 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13380 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo

T2 - 22nd International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications

AU - Campisi, Tiziana

AU - Nikitas, Alexandros

AU - Al-Rashid, Muhammad Ahmad

AU - Nikiforiadis, Andreas

AU - Tesoriere, Giovanni

AU - Basbas, Socrates

N1 - Conference code: 22

PY - 2022/7/23

Y1 - 2022/7/23

N2 - In recent years, e-scooters became a popular transport mode, mainly covering the “first/last mile” in the trip-chain. The recent pandemic increased the use of these vehicles because it allows social distancing. While e-scooters are already part of the daily landscape in other countries, in Italy, and especially in Sicily, their diffusion has only recently started. Operators have seen demand growth, that created several critical issues referring to vehicle maintenance and vandalism. Although e-scooters tend to be a transport solution with enormous potential, especially in overcrowded cities with increasing private car traffic, several legislative issues need also to be resolved before these can be genuinely successful. This paper shows how to improve strategic planning for e-scooter micro-mobility utilising a SWOT analysis. The paper also identifies four urban poles of attraction and analyses e-scooter suitability in terms of travel time by employing isochrones for 5, 10 and 15 min.

AB - In recent years, e-scooters became a popular transport mode, mainly covering the “first/last mile” in the trip-chain. The recent pandemic increased the use of these vehicles because it allows social distancing. While e-scooters are already part of the daily landscape in other countries, in Italy, and especially in Sicily, their diffusion has only recently started. Operators have seen demand growth, that created several critical issues referring to vehicle maintenance and vandalism. Although e-scooters tend to be a transport solution with enormous potential, especially in overcrowded cities with increasing private car traffic, several legislative issues need also to be resolved before these can be genuinely successful. This paper shows how to improve strategic planning for e-scooter micro-mobility utilising a SWOT analysis. The paper also identifies four urban poles of attraction and analyses e-scooter suitability in terms of travel time by employing isochrones for 5, 10 and 15 min.

KW - Accessibility

KW - E-scooter

KW - Micro-mobility

KW - Smart city

KW - Sustainable mobility

KW - SWOT

KW - Travel time

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135933358&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85135933358

SN - 9783031105418

VL - 13380 LNCS

T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

SP - 469

EP - 483

BT - Computational Science and Its Applications- ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Proceedings

A2 - Gervasi, Osvaldo

A2 - Murgante, Beniamino

A2 - Misra, Sanjay

A2 - Rocha, Ana Maria A.C.

A2 - Garau, Chiara

PB - Springer, Cham

Y2 - 4 July 2022 through 7 July 2022

ER -

Campisi T, Nikitas A, Al-Rashid MA, Nikiforiadis A, Tesoriere G, Basbas S. The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo: A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study. In Gervasi O, Murgante B, Misra S, Rocha AMAC, Garau C, editors, Computational Science and Its Applications- ICCSA 2022 Workshops, Proceedings. 1st ed. Vol. 13380 LNCS. Springer, Cham. 2022. p. 469-483. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-10542-5_32

The Rise of E-scooters in Palermo: A SWOT Analysis and Travel Time Study

Abstract

Publication series

Conference

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this