Young Researcher Award for Daniel J. Reck

Cities worldwide search for ways to make urban transport more sustainable. Shared mobility, especially shared micromobility, has rapidly gained popularity among users in recent years. At the same time, the phenomenon is also perceived as a challenge by transport policy-makers. Hence, scientific data and analyses to inform policy-making and regulation are currently highly sought after.

It is precisely here that the study by Daniel Jan Reck, who is a PhD candidate at D-BAUG, makes an important contribution. He and his co-authors analyse the competition between four different types of shared micromobility services: dockless e-scooters and e-bikes, as well as docked bikes and e-bikes. More specifically, they ask: why do people choose one service over another? And what is the influence of factors such as time of day, trip distance or docking infrastructure?

Using the city of Zurich as case study, Reck and colleagues collect the most extensive data set for shared micromobility to date and develop the first comprehensive mode choice model. The results of the study provide public authorities as well as operators of shared micromobility services with important information on how such mobility services can be integrated in the best possible way to make it easier for people to do without their own cars.

ITF Young Researcher of the Year Award
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is an international transport policy think tank with 63 member countries and hosts the annual World Summit of Transport Ministers. Since 2008, the ITF honours scientists under the age of 35 for research that supports sound transport policy-making. The award carries a prize of 5,000 Euros.