Assessing the environmental impact of shared micromobility services: a guide for cities

To evaluate the environmental impacts of shared micromobility and understanding how shared modes like bikes and electric scooters can help contribute to sustainability goals, cities and actionable, comparable data from micromobility operators. This guidebook is a comprehensive guide to support cities in navigating the process of understanding emissions from shared micromobility.
Focusing on life cycle emissions assessment (LCA), the guide builds on existing LCA standards and presents micromobility-specific guidance to help cities clarify their use cases for environmental impact data, request the right data and use insights to inform policy and program design. The guide was developed by the New Urban Mobility alliance (NUMO) with impact from a working group of representatives from city governments, micromobility operators and subject matter experts from the United States and Europe.