Deciphering the Scaling Laws and Spatial Structure in Urban Micro-mobility: Empirical Evidence from Bike-Sharing in Shanghai
| dc.contributor.author | Zhou, Kaichen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wang, Lan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-13T08:14:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-12-13T08:14:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | en |
| dc.description | Game changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Micro-mobility, including bicycles and other low-speed vehicles, significantly enhances urban mobility and provides a sustainable alternative to traditional transport modes. Despite extensive research on the universal laws in urban mobility and its impacts on urban growth, the empirical distribution and allometric scaling phenomenon of micro-mobility like bike-sharing remain poorly understood. This study delves into the scaling laws and spatial dynamics specific to micro-mobility using bike-sharing data from Shanghai. The number of cycling visitation to any location in the city is inversely related to the square of the cycling distance multiplied by the frequency. This scaling relationship is controlled by a parameter that describes the attractiveness of different locations in the city for cycling. It is noteworthy that the size distribution of the spatial clusters, as determined by spatial clustering analysis of the attractiveness, conforms to Ziff's law. This implies that the spatial structure underlying the cycling is a highly ordered, hierarchical system, which coincides with the central place theory. This study provides a framework that can effectively predict the distribution of micro-mobility within a city, which can help to understand and utilize the dynamics of complex urban systems in order to promote more sustainable urban mobility solutions. Keywords: Micro-mobility; bike visitation; scaling laws; spatial clusters; Zipf's law | |
| dc.description.version | published version | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-94-64981-82-7 | en |
| dc.identifier.pageNumber | 563-575 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/2382 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en |
| dc.publisher | AESOP | en |
| dc.rights | openAccess | en |
| dc.rights.license | CC-BY | en |
| dc.source | Game changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024 | en |
| dc.title | Deciphering the Scaling Laws and Spatial Structure in Urban Micro-mobility: Empirical Evidence from Bike-Sharing in Shanghai | |
| dc.type | conferenceObject | en |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | en |