@article{ref1,
title="Impacts of COVID-19 on bike-sharing usages in Seoul, South Korea",
journal="Cities",
year="2022",
author="Jiao, Junfeng and Lee, Hye Kyung and Choi, Seung Jun",
volume="130",
number="",
pages="e103849-e103849",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0264-2751",
doi="10.1016/j.cities.2022.103849",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103849"
}