Argonne teams up with the Civic Infrastructure Collaborative and Millennium Parking Garages to reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions
To find ways to reduce traffic congestion in urban areas and the associated environmental impacts, the U.S. Department of Energy’s and Millennium Parking Garages in Chicago to test a new approach to transportation that pairs off-street parking with e-scooter rentals. But Auld and his collaborators thought providing e-scooter rentals might entice people to park in a garage and then use the scooters to quickly and efficiently travel throughout the city.began a pilot study with Millennium Garages, a massive underground parking facility in downtown Chicago with more than 9,100 spaces.
“You can leave the scooter at your office, then use it to go out to lunch, and return it to the garage when you’re ready to go home. You have access to a scooter for as long as you need it,” Auld said.team also conducted a customer survey to understand how people incorporated e-scooters into their commuting plans.
During the 2023 pilot study, the team grew the rider base by 77% compared to 2022, with 398 unique riders taking 1,341 e-scooter trips.