We are excited to invite you to participate in our e-rideables project. By participating, you’ll get exclusive access to our mobile app (available for Android and iOS) that helps track your trips and gives you access to your daily activity reporting things like your volume of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, your physical activity and average speed – all while contributing to important research that helps shape a more sustainable future.
The team (researchers from UWA and Curtin) are now recruiting participants for a week-long survey, using a mobile app for Android or iOS. They want to know why you use an e-rideable and importantly, how you make use of your e-rideable throughout the week. The success of the research depends upon the assistance of respondents, and if you have an e-rideable, we are inviting you to take part in our study and have your say. The findings from this study will be instrumental in shaping future transport policies and infrastructure in our state.
You may have seen them in May 2024 when students and staff from our universities set up interview stations along Riverside Drive, Canning Bridge, Leederville, Fremantle and other locations. They had great conversations with 249 riders of privately owned e-scooters, e-hoverboards, e-wheels, and e-unicyles.
Key facts of e-riders
Typically, e-riders are men between 30 and 50. Even gents over the age of 60 are happy to scoot around. However, there are girls out and about, typically a little younger between ages of 20 and 35.
It’s not a marathon, but e-rideables typically function as a replacement mode to car or public transport with trips over 10 minutes and the average door-to-door time of 22 minutes.
People like you, get out on the e-rideable because it’s fun, convenient and easy to get around. Oh, and it’s cheap too. Respondents did say they would like to see improved infrastructure and worry about the speed difference between users of dedicated pathways.
Lastly, e-riders consider the environment, believing that their choice is aiding more sustainable transport solutions.
Interested? Click here or scan the QR code for additional information about the study, complete the short survey so we can contact you, and start exploring your travel patterns today!