TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Impacts of COVID-19 on bike-sharing usages in Seoul, South Korea JO - Cities A1 - Jiao, Junfeng A1 - Lee, Hye Kyung A1 - Choi, Seung Jun SP - e103849 EP - e103849 VL - 130 IS - N2 - 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.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0264-2751 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103849 ID - ref1 ER -