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Impacts of COVID-19 on bike-sharing usages in Seoul, South Korea
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing restrictions have had a significant impact on urban mobility. As micro mobility offers less contact with other people, docked or dockless e-scooters and bike-sharing have emerged as alternative urban mobility solutions. However, little empirical research has been conducted to investigate how COVID-19 might affect micro mobility usage, especially in a major Asian city. This research aims to study how COVID-19 and other related factors have affected bike-sharing ridership in Seoul, South Korea. Using detailed urban telecommunication data, this study explored the spatial-temporal patterns of a docked bike-sharing system in Seoul. Stepwise negative binomial panel regressions were conducted to find out how COVID-19 and various built environments might affect bike-sharing ridership in the city. Our results showed that open space areas and green infrastructure had statistically significant positive impacts on bike-sharing usage. Compared to registered population factors, real-time telecommunication floating population had a significant positive relationship with both bike trip count and trip duration. The model showed that telecommunication floating population has a significant positive impact on bike-sharing trip counts and trip duration. These findings could offer useful guidelines for emerging shared mobility planning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights We investigate how COVID-19 and other related factors have affected bike-sharing ridership in Seoul, South Korea. Open space areas and green infrastructure had statistically significant positive impacts on bike-sharing usage. Real-time telecommunication floating population had a significant positive impact on both bike trip count and duration. COVID-19 had positive effects on bike-sharing ridership in Seoul. Results could offer useful guidelines for emerging shared mobility planning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Impacts of COVID-19 on bike-sharing usages in Seoul, South Korea
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing restrictions have had a significant impact on urban mobility. As micro mobility offers less contact with other people, docked or dockless e-scooters and bike-sharing have emerged as alternative urban mobility solutions. However, little empirical research has been conducted to investigate how COVID-19 might affect micro mobility usage, especially in a major Asian city. This research aims to study how COVID-19 and other related factors have affected bike-sharing ridership in Seoul, South Korea. Using detailed urban telecommunication data, this study explored the spatial-temporal patterns of a docked bike-sharing system in Seoul. Stepwise negative binomial panel regressions were conducted to find out how COVID-19 and various built environments might affect bike-sharing ridership in the city. Our results showed that open space areas and green infrastructure had statistically significant positive impacts on bike-sharing usage. Compared to registered population factors, real-time telecommunication floating population had a significant positive relationship with both bike trip count and trip duration. The model showed that telecommunication floating population has a significant positive impact on bike-sharing trip counts and trip duration. These findings could offer useful guidelines for emerging shared mobility planning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights We investigate how COVID-19 and other related factors have affected bike-sharing ridership in Seoul, South Korea. Open space areas and green infrastructure had statistically significant positive impacts on bike-sharing usage. Real-time telecommunication floating population had a significant positive impact on both bike trip count and duration. COVID-19 had positive effects on bike-sharing ridership in Seoul. Results could offer useful guidelines for emerging shared mobility planning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Impacts of COVID-19 on bike-sharing usages in Seoul, South Korea
Jiao, Junfeng (author) / Lee, Hye Kyung (author) / Choi, Seung Jun (author)
Cities ; 130
2022-06-24
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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