{"title":"A roll down memory lane: Policy implications of nostalgic experiences in shared e-scooter consumption","authors":"Karly Nygaard-Petersen","doi":"10.1016/j.trip.2025.101371","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This ethnographic study leverages transit diaries, in-depth interviews, and participant observation to examine consumptive experiences of shared e-scooter use. Moving beyond functional and utilitarian motivations, this research draws on Consumer Culture Theory to uncover the affective dimensions that shape users’ experiences with e-scooters. Findings reveal nostalgia, underpinned by consumer feelings of freedom and social connectedness, are present in e-scooter experiences and implications for policy makers are discussed. By increasing awareness of consumptive experiences of e-scooters, this research contributes to an understudied area of transportation and mobility research, and holds potential to assist cities in understanding how to better implement first- and last-mile transit solutions as micromobility moves out of the periphery and into the core of transit systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36621,"journal":{"name":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":"31 ","pages":"Article 101371"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198225000508","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"TRANSPORTATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This ethnographic study leverages transit diaries, in-depth interviews, and participant observation to examine consumptive experiences of shared e-scooter use. Moving beyond functional and utilitarian motivations, this research draws on Consumer Culture Theory to uncover the affective dimensions that shape users’ experiences with e-scooters. Findings reveal nostalgia, underpinned by consumer feelings of freedom and social connectedness, are present in e-scooter experiences and implications for policy makers are discussed. By increasing awareness of consumptive experiences of e-scooters, this research contributes to an understudied area of transportation and mobility research, and holds potential to assist cities in understanding how to better implement first- and last-mile transit solutions as micromobility moves out of the periphery and into the core of transit systems.