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E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions (BTS-10)

E-Scooter
October 6, 2022

The guidance includes tools, policy alternatives, educational materials, institutional requirements, and other relevant techniques to mitigate, if not eliminate, identified risks.

Project Overview

Status: Completed (published as BTSCRP Research Report 9 in October 2023)

This research project identified emerging behavioral safety issues arising from the expanding use of e-scooters, both rental and privately owned, and developed comprehensive guidance to help affected agencies plan for and mitigate related safety problems. The guidance includes tools, policy alternatives, educational materials, institutional requirements, and other relevant techniques to mitigate if not eliminate identified risk

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