Projekt: GeoSence, D 2.2.

This document describes the acceptance evaluation for a geofencing use case study performed in Munich as part of the GeoSence project. The overall aim of the use case was to implement and test geofencing to improve the parking of shared e-scooters in Munich. While e-scooters quickly became a flexible and convenient means of transport in Munich, they also created inconveniences for other traffic participants, primarily pedestrians and cyclists, because suddenly parked vehicles were blocking access and right of way and producing obstacles on sideways. Such irregular parking is, besides unsafe e-scooter riding, a big challenge for cities, causing acceptance problems and negative perceptions in the public. Several implementation scenarios for geofencing were tested in GeoSence to address the e-scooter parking problem and to increase safety for pedestrians in the city. In the main use case a new geofencing-based e-scooter parking regulation for Munich’s Old Town was developed and tested. This report focuses on the acceptance evaluation performed for the main use case, i.e. the new regulation for parking of e-scooters in the Old Town area. The acceptance evaluation comprised the analysis of behavioural data (parking locations in the Old Town) and conducting acceptance surveys among three affected groups of citizen (e-scooter users, pedestrian visitors of the Old Town and a business stakeholder).