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Meta-analysis reveals that e-scooters induce approximately four percent new travel across urban regions, indicating higher induced travel in car-dominated areas.
The e-scooter is a relatively new transport mode that primarily has replaced other modes. However, e-scooters have also generated some new travel. A meta-analysis was carried out on 192 outcomes of retrospective estimates of the proportion of current e-scooter trips that would not have been carried out of e-scooters were not available. The meta-analysis estimate of induced travel is about four percent, based on the 192 survey outcomes from 95 case-areas. Meta-regression shows that the proportion of induced travel due to e-scooters tends to be higher in areas where travel by car dominates.
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