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Table 4 Survey items and response categories

From: Micro-mobility and road safety: why do e-scooter riders use the sidewalk? Evidence from a German field study

Items and response categories

Which infrastructure did you primarily use during your last trip? (a pictorial representation of the response categories was shown, see appendix)

Off-road bike lane

On-road bike lane

Advisory bike lanea

Road

Sidewalk

Pedestrian areab

First time borrowing (never ridden before)

Other: [free entry]

Where do you feel safest when riding the e-scooter? (a pictorial representation of the response categories was shown, see appendix)

Off-road bike lane

On-road bike lane

Advisory bike lanea

Road

Sidewalk

Pedestrian areab

Other: [free entry]

Are you allowed to ride an e-scooter on the bike lane/bike path?

(No response options were presented. The answers were coded by the interviewers.)

Yes (correct)

No (incorrect)

Don't know

Are you allowed to ride an e-scooter on the sidewalk?

(No response options were presented. The answers were coded by the interviewers.)

Yes (incorrect)

No (correct)

Don't know

  1. a Advisory bike lane = Bike lane at road level, segregated from motorized traffic by a dashed marking line; may be used by motorized traffic for overtaking
  2. b Pedestrian area = Pedestrians always have priority; motorized vehicles (including e-scooters) are generally not allowed