In this study, we explore the usage of e-scooter sharing services in Austin, Texas over about a six-month period. The study is based on trip records of all the shared e-scooter operators in Austin and includes trip start and end locations. We use both analysis of trip patterns and spatial regression techniques to examine how the built environment, land use, and demographics affect e-scooter trip generation. Our findings show that people use e-scooters almost exclusively in central Austin. Commuting does not seem to be the main trip purpose, and usage of e-scooters is associated with areas with high employment rates, and in areas with bicycle infrastructure. People use e-scooter sharing regardless of the affluence of the neighborhood, although less affluent areas with high usage rates have large student populations, suggesting that students use this mode of travel. Implications for planners suggest that better bicycle infrastructure will facilitate e-scooter usage, college towns are a ready market for e-scooter sharing services, and e-scooters may be a substitute for some short non-work trips, reducing car usage, and benefiting the environment.

在这项研究中，我们探索了大约六个月的时间里德克萨斯州奥斯汀的电动踏板车共享服务的使用情况。该研究基于奥斯汀所有共享的电动踏板车运营商的旅行记录，包括旅行的开始和结束位置。我们使用行程模式分析和空间回归技术来检查建筑环境，土地使用和人口统计如何影响电动踏板车行程的产生。我们的发现表明，人们几乎完全在奥斯汀市中心使用电动踏板车。通勤似乎不是主要的出行目的，电动踏板车的使用与就业率高的地区以及自行车基础设施的地区有关。人们会使用电动踏板车共享，而与邻国的富裕程度无关，尽管使用率较高的较不富裕地区的学生人口众多，建议学生使用这种出行方式。对计划人员的影响表明，更好的自行车基础设施将促进电动踏板车的使用，大学城是电动踏板车共享服务的现成市场，并且电动踏板车可能替代一些短暂的非工作旅行，减少汽车使用量并从中受益环境。