An Innovative Methodology for Micro-Mobility Network Planning

The global trends in urban planning and policy have seen more efforts directed toward the development of sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) and more livable cities. Then, the main objective of the paper is to propose a methodology to design the supply network for a micro-mobility system exploiting the opportunity offered by floating car data (FCD). A two level methodology is proposed: the first level is related to the estimation of the potential demand to serve, obtained by means of FCD analysis (by crossing type of trip, trip length, trip travel time and stopping time at destination), the second level allows us to design the network by considering the potential demand, the points of interest in the area and considering some constraints (e.g., road characteristics).The proposed methodology was applied in the SUMP of Trani (a medium city with about 55,000 inhabitants in the Apulia Region, southern Italy). In such case study, through the analysis of the FCD, emerges that the 22.2% of current trips by cars could be switched from car to micro-mobility. Subsequently, a possible layout of the micro-mobility network that accomplish the potential trips is proposed.