All one needs to know about shared micromobility simulation: a complete survey

TL;DR

This survey provides a comprehensive overview of shared micromobility simulation, including classification, validation metrics, challenges, and future research directions, highlighting its importance in managing growing low-speed transportation modes.

Contribution

It offers the first complete classification and review of shared micromobility simulation research, including validation metrics and future challenges.

Findings

Classified existing simulation research into key topics.

Summarized validation metrics used in the field.

Identified challenges and future directions for research.

Abstract

As the shared micromobility becomes a part of our daily life and environment, we expect the number of low-speed modes for first-and-last mile trips to grow rapidly. The shared micomobility is expected to serve billions of humans, bringing us considerable advantages. With this growth, shared micromobility simulation such as docked stations based shared bikes, dockless shared bikes and e-scooters, are regarded as promising solutions to deal with a large number of first-and-last mile trips. In this paper, we first provide a comprehensive overview of shared micromobility simulation and its related validation metrics. Next, we classify the research topics of shared micromobility simulation, summarize, and classify the existing works. Finally, challenges and future directions are provided for further research.