A Programmable and Participatory Sensing Testbed using Micromobility Vehicles

What is ScooterLab?

An NSF funded community research infrastructure initiative, currently under development at UTSA. This publicly-available micromobility testbed and crowd-sensing/crowd-sourcing infrastructure will provide researchers access to a community of riders and a fully operational fleet of customizable dockless e-scooters.

Issues & challenges in micromobility:

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Why ScooterLab?

• Provides space for researchers to address multidisciplinary challenges

• Bypasses commercial service providers who may be unwilling to share data for research

• Offers more customizable sensors

• Creates infrastructure necessary to collect diverse rider, mobility, and contextual data in realistic settings

Broader impact:

• Rider/pedestrian safety

• Urban routing & infrastructure planning

• Public policy

• Transportation engineering

• Data privacy