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Aguilera-Garcia, ACorresponding AuthorGomez, JAuthorSobrino, NAuthorDiaz, JjvAuthor

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July 5, 2021
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Moped Scooter Sharing: Citizens' Perceptions, Users' Behavior, and Implications for Urban Mobility

Publicated to: Sustainability. 13 (12): 6886- - 2021-06-01 13(12), DOI: 10.3390/su13126886

Authors:

Aguilera-Garcia, Alvaro; Gomez, Juan; Sobrino, Natalia; Vinagre Diaz, Juan Jose
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Matemat Aplicada Tecnol Informac & Comunicac, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Telecomunicac, Grp Biometry Biosignals Secur & Smart Mobil, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Transport Res Ctr TRANSyT, Dept Civil Engn Construct Infrastruct & Transport, Madrid 28014, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Transport Res Ctr TRANSyT, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
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Abstract

In recent years, moped-style scooter sharing is gaining increasing attention in many urban areas worldwide. Nevertheless, research contributions are still limited, unlike other shared mobility systems. This paper is aimed at providing a first insight on moped sharing demand by exploring the usage and opinions towards this new mobility alternative. To that end, the research exploits the data from a web-based survey conducted in Spain, one of the countries with the largest implementation around the world in terms of the shared e-mopeds fleet. Kruskal-Wallis tests were conducted to identify the segment of the urban population that is more likely adopted moped sharing, and additional statistical mean differences in specific variables concerning moped sharing were carried out. The paper also provides a better understanding of the shared mopeds market and some implications for urban mobility, such as the potential role of shared mopeds in reducing vehicle ownership and its effect on urban modal shift. Furthermore, two discrete choice models were developed to (i) analyze the key drivers determining the willingness to use moped sharing, and (ii) explore individuals' opinions on whether owning a private vehicle will not be a need in the future. The results indicate that age, occupation, income, and environmental awareness seem to be among the main reasons behind the potential use of these services in the future. The results may be useful for both operators and transport planners when designing actions and policy efforts addressing this mobility option and urban mobility in general.
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Keywords

AdoptionMoped scooter sharingNew mobility servicesServicesShared mobilitySharing economySpainSurveySystemsTravel behaviorUser attitudes

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sustainability due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Geography, Planning and Development.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.67. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.86 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-12-21, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 34
  • Scopus: 37
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-21:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 89.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 90 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/77904/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 192
  • Downloads: 32
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (AGUILERA GARCIA, ALVARO) and Last Author (Vinagre Díaz, Juan José).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been AGUILERA GARCIA, ALVARO.

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Awards linked to the item

This research was developed within the project Co-Mov, co-funded by Comunidad de Madrid (Spain), the European Social Fund, and the European Regional Development Fund, with grant number [Y2018/EMT-4818].
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