DiPCOM - Digital parking and charging management for shared micromobility
Overview
Background & policy context:
Shared micro-mobility systems (SMS) including e-scooters and bike/e-bike sharing, have gained increasing popularity in Sweden and EU. However, the sustainable development of SMS faces significant challenges such as parking issues, low system efficiency, high operational costs, and safety concerns. Unregulated parking of SMS results in operational inefficiencies, obstacles and safety concerns for other road users, and waste of street spaces for other functions. Furthermore, the high operational costs of SMS pose additional challenges for SMS operators.
Objectives:
The project aims to push the boundaries of current technology by developing scalable, big data-driven digital solutions for the deployment and management of SMS parking and charging. This will provide crucial support to key stakeholders, such as cities and their officials as well as SMS operators, by equipping them with the necessary tools.
Methodology:
This project will firstly use data-driven method to estimate the spatiotemporal parking and charging demands of SMS based on big data. Afterwards, we will develop planning and optimization methods of parking space (where and how much) and modular charging at the zone level for SMS, and investigate the quantitative impacts of proposed solutions on system performances. Most importantly, this project will design a digital tool with high scalability and adaptability for management of parking spaces and charging of SMS, based on a digital tool at Chalmers.
With the help of developed digital solutions, urban managers and relevant stakeholders (e.g. SMS operators) can make the optimal planning and deployment of parking space and charging based on field big data, and compare the performances of SMS under different management and planning with quantitative evaluations. The outcomes are expected to navigate decision-making in the right direction with solid data-driven evidence and scientific optimization instead of insufficient trial-and-error practice.
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