Simulation Modeling of Calgary's E-Scooter System

Shared micromobility is a rapidly growing transportation technology, with several companies establishing e-bike and e-scooter programs in cities across the globe. This thesis analyzes two years of empirical data on e-scooter usage from a shared mobility pilot program in the City of Calgary to create a synthetic workload model of e-scooter traffic. A synthetic workload generator is developed from this model and incorporated into a dedicated, custom-built simulation environment. This simulation is used to conduct experiments evaluating the impacts of different e-scooter management policies and infrastructure, such as fleet size, battery re-charging strategies, and urban parking infrastructure locations, on the efficacy of the shared e-scooter system. The results of these simulation experiments detail the impacts of these policies on satisfied user demand, costs of collecting depleted scooters to be recharged, and number of improperly parked scooters, and highlight the importance of proper site selection for parking areas and battery charging infrastructure.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MSc)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Science

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Mclean, Rachel

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Williamson, Carey
• Kattan, Lina

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Samavati, Faramarz
• Demissie, Merkebe
• Eberly, Wayne
• Williamson, Carey
• Kattan, Lina

• Shared Micromobility
• Simulation Modeling
• System design and optimization

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39235

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:1880/113918