Data-driven interpretation on interactive and nonlinear effects of the correlated built environment on shared mobility
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023

Understanding the usage demand of shared mobility systems in different areas of a city and its determinants is crucial for planning, operation and management of the systems. This study leverages an unbiased data-driven approach called accumulated effect analysis for examining the complex (nonlinear and interactive) effects of correlated built environment factors on the usage of shared mobility. Special research emphasis is given to unraveling the complex effects using an unbiased and data-driven approach that can overcome the impacts of correlations among built environment factors. Based on empirical analysis of synthetic data and a field dataset about dockless bike sharing systems (DLBS), results demonstrate that the method of partial dependency analysis prevalent in the relevant literature, will result in biases when investigating the effects of correlated built environment factors. In comparison, accumulated local effect analysis can appropriately interpret the effects of correlated built environment factors. The main effects of many built environment factors on the usage of DLBS present nonlinear and threshold patterns, quantitively revealed by accumulated local analysis. The approach can reveal complex interaction effects between different built environment factors (e.g., commercial service and education facility, and metro station coverage and living facility) on the usage of DLBS as well. The interactions among two built environment factors could even change with the values of the factors rather than invariant. The outcomes offer a new approach for revealing complex influences of different built environment factors with correlations as well as in-depth empirical understandings regarding the usage of DLBS.

Built environment factors

Interactive effects

Interpretable machine learning

Shared mobility systems

Författare

Kun Gao

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Geologi och geoteknik

Ying Yang

Australian Catholic University

Jorge Gil

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Stadsbyggnad

Xiaobo Qu

Chalmers, Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik, Geologi och geoteknik

Tsinghua University

Journal of Transport Geography

0966-6923 (ISSN)

Vol. 110 103604

Facilitating sustainable development of sharing micro-mobility and transit multi-modal transport systems (eFAST)

Transport, 2022-01-01 -- 2023-12-31.

Energimyndigheten (P2022-00414), 2022-11-01 -- 2024-12-31.

Ämneskategorier

Transportteknik och logistik

DOI

10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103604

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