SCC-PG: Towards A User-Centered and Equity-Aware Micromobility Sharing Co-Design Network to Interact with A Distressed Municipality

这一智能互联社区规划赠款(SCC-PG)项目的目标是探索使用微移动资源作为一种负担得起的灵活微移动解决方案，将骑车人与就业和其他生活必需品联系起来。它设想了一个无坞电动滑板车共享计划，有助于缓解康涅狄格州哈特福德贫困社区普遍存在的机动性不平等问题。关键的研究问题是1)现有资源和基础设施如何为低收入骑手提供服务；2)这些骑手将如何应对新的互动、以用户为中心的计划。该团队建议进行大数据分析，并聘请现有和潜在的电动滑板车车主、服务提供商、政府政策制定者和其他利益攸关方组成社区驱动的规划圆桌会议。项目成果适用于不同规模和地点的其他新兴微型流动系统和类似的市政当局。这个项目揭示了基本的地理空间、基础设施、社会经济和政策因素，为微流动资源的设计和分配提供信息。通过在康涅狄格州哈特福德的一个案例研究，研究团队与服务提供商、公民合作伙伴和骑手社区合作，收集他们的意见，并共同设计一个公平感知的微移动共享计划。这些发现和技术支持在低资源或面临流动性挑战的边缘化社区部署未来的微移动系统。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The objective of this Smart and Connected Communities Planning Grant (SCC-PG) project is to explore the use of micromobility resources as an affordable and flexible micro-mobility solution to connect riders with employment and other life-essential needs. It envisions a dockless electric scooter sharing program that helps alleviate mobility inequality prevalent in distressed neighborhoods of Hartford, Connecticut. Key research questions are 1) how low-income riders have been served by existing resources and infrastructures; and 2) how these riders would respond to the new interactive, user-centered program. The team proposes conducting big mobility data analysis and engages both current and potential electric scooter riders, service providers, government policymakers, and other stakeholders to form a community-driven planning roundtable. The project outcomes are applicable to other emerging micromobility systems and similar municipalities at various scales and locations. Students from underrepresented groups are recruited and trained.This project reveals essential geospatial, infrastructural, socioeconomic, and policy factors to inform the design and distribution of micromobility resources. Through a case study in Hartford, Connecticut, the research team works with the service provider, civic partners, and rider community to gather their inputs on and co-design an equity-aware micromobility sharing program. The findings and techniques support the deployment of future micromobility systems in low-resourced or marginalized communities with mobility challenges.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.