محمدرضا باقري دلوئي

The development of car-based transportation in many cities has caused numerous traffic and environmental problems, and active mobility is one of the essential solutions for many developed cities to solve this problem. However, traditional methods such as walking and cycling face limitations such as speed and high physical activity, which makes them not welcome in many trips. The electric scooter is a new way of traveling in dynamic transportation, which has solved the problems of the previous methods to some extent with its unique capabilities. The primary purpose of this study is to identify the factors influencing the comfort perception of electric scooter users in the protected routes of Tehran's urban roads. The required data was collected through a video questionnaire. So, 60 videos of 23 protected cycling routes in the city from the point of view of electric scooter users were prepared and used in the questionnaire. According to the ordinal nature of the level of service variable, the ordinal probit regression model was created as the final model to quantitatively eva‎luate the effect of various factors affecting the perception of the comfort of electric scooters. The characteristics of facilities, such as the type of separation of the path from the car and the pedestrian, the width of the path, the quality of the pavement, the slope of the path and the existing signs, as well as the environmental characteristics such as the weather, the intervention of other users on the path, the volume of pedestrians and the number of access to the path were factors that significantly They affected the comfort perception of scooter riders. Also, the perception of convenience from individual and transportation characteristics was analyzed. The results showed that men are likelier to perceive a higher comfort level than women. The perceived comfort of scooter riders increased with increasing path width, while it decreased with increasing path accesses. The roughness of the path and the interference of other users hurt the perception of scooter riders' comfort. In addition, the type of separation from motor vehicles and pedestrian lanes significantly influenced the comfort perception of scooter riders. Favorable weather also provided a much higher sense of comfort for scooter riders. With comfort perception models, insights were obtained to help transportation professionals estimate the service level of electric scooters in a protected bicycle lane, which can be used to improve the desirability of this mode of travel.

اسكوتر برقي , سطح سرويس , راحتي , رگرسيون پروبيت ترتيبي

Electric Scooter , Level of Service , Comfort , Ordered Probit Regression

Mohammadreza Bagheri Delouee

Dr. Tavakoli Kashani