E-scooter rental trial: Agreement levels

Summary

• The majority of respondents agree or strongly agree that at the end of a journey riders should leave rental e-scooters in specific parking areas only (77%)
• Nearly two thirds of respondents agree or strongly agree that rental e-scooters should be banned from Portsmouth (55%), however two thirds also feel that rental e-scooters make it easier to travel around Portsmouth (66% agree or strongly agree)
• Over half of respondents disagree or strongly disagree that rental e-scooters are a safe mode of transport or that rental e-scooters have led them to consider changing how they usually travel (66% and 64% respectively)
• Trial users and non-users generally do not equally agree with each statement. The proportion of users and non-users who agree that at the end of journeys riders should leave rental e-scooters in specific parking areas only are the closest across all statements, with 61% of trial users and 80% of non-users agreeing or strongly agreeing
• 84% of users agree / strongly agree they could be encouraged to use rental e-scooters for some of their journeys, compared to 16% of non-users
• 66% of non-users agree / strongly agree rental e-scooters should be banned from Portsmouth, whereas only 11% of trial users agree with this

Base: Wave two – from top to bottom (2849) | (2856) | (2855) | (2856) | (2855) | (2851) | (2859) | (2852)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial.
77% of respondents agree or strongly agree that at the end of a journey, riders should leave rental e-scooters in parking areas only, 14% neither agree or disagree with this statement, and 10% disagree or strongly disagree.
55% of respondents agree or strongly agree that rental e-scooters should be banned from Portsmouth, 10% neither agree or disagree with this statement, and 35% disagree or strongly disagree.
44% of respondents agree or strongly agree that rental e-scooters make it easier to travel around Portsmouth, 22% neither agree or disagree with this statement, and 34% disagree or strongly disagree.
35% of respondents agree or strongly agree that rental e-scooters make public transport more accessible, 22% neither agree or disagree with this statement, and 44% disagree or strongly disagree.
29% of respondents agree or strongly agree that they could be encouraged to use rental e-scooters for some of their journeys, 9% neither agree or disagree with this statement, and 62% disagree or strongly disagree.
26% of respondents agree or strongly agree that the benefits of rental e-scooters outweigh any issues they create, 11% neither agree or disagree with this statement, and 63% disagree or strongly disagree.
25% of respondents agree or strongly agree that rental e-scooters are a safe mode of transport, 10% neither agree or disagree with this statement, and 66% disagree or strongly disagree.
21% of respondents agree or strongly agree that rental e-scooters have led them to consider changing how they usually travel, 15% neither agree or disagree with this statement, and 64% disagree or strongly disagree.

At the end of a journey, riders should leave rental e-scooters in specific parking areas only

Base: Trial users (540) | Non-users (2309)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial, broken down by trial users and non-users. At the end of a journey riders should leave rental e-scooters in specific parking areas only”, 61% of trial users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 13% neither agree or disagree, and 26% disagree or strongly disagree. 80% of non-users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 14% neither agree or disagree, and 6% disagree or strongly disagree.

Rental e-scooters should be banned from Portsmouth

Base: Trial users (541) | Non-users (2315)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial, broken down by trial users and non-users. Rental e-scooters should be banned from Portsmouth”, 11% of trial users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 3% neither agree or disagree, and 86% disagree or strongly disagree. 66% of non-users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 11% neither agree or disagree, and 6% disagree or strongly disagree.

Rental e-scooters make it easier to travel around Portsmouth

Base: Trial users (540) | Non-users (2315)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial, broken down by trial users and non-users. Rental e-scooters make it easier to travel around Portsmouth”, 89% of trial users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 5% neither agree or disagree, and 6% disagree or strongly disagree. 33% of non-users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 26% neither agree or disagree, and 40% disagree or strongly disagree.

Rental e-scooters make public transport more accessible

Base: Trial users (539) | Non-users (2317)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial, broken down by trial users and non-users. Rental e-scooters make public transport more accessible”, 79% of trial users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 12% neither agree or disagree, and 8% disagree or strongly disagree. 24% of non-users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 24% neither agree or disagree, and 52% disagree or strongly disagree.

I could be encouraged to use a rental e-scooter for some of my journeys

Base: Trial users (541) | Non-users (2314)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial, broken down by trial users and non-users. I could be encouraged to use a rental e-scooter for some of my journeys”, 84% of trial users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 7% neither agree or disagree, and 9% disagree or strongly disagree. 16% of non-users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 10% neither agree or disagree, and 74% disagree or strongly disagree.

The benefits of rental e-scooters outweigh any issues they create

Base: Trial users (540)| Non-users (2311)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial, broken down by trial users and non-users. The benefits of rental e-scooters outweigh any issues they create”, 78% of trial users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 11% neither agree or disagree, and 11% disagree or strongly disagree. 14% of non-users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 11% neither agree or disagree, and 75% disagree or strongly disagree.

Rental e-scooters are a safe mode of transport

Base: Trial users (540) | Non-users (2317)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial, broken down by trial users and non-users. Rental e-scooters are a safe mode of transport”, 77% of trial users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 12% neither agree or disagree, and 12% disagree or strongly disagree. 13% of non-users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 9% neither agree or disagree, and 78% disagree or strongly disagree.

Rental e-scooters have led to me to consider changing how I usually travel

Base: Trial users (540) | Non-users (2317)

This chart shows to what extent respondents agree with each statement regarding the rental e-scooter trial, broken down by trial users and non-users. Rental e-scooters have led me to consider changing how I usually travel”, 70% of trial users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 16% neither agree or disagree, and 14% disagree or strongly disagree. 9% of non-users agree or strongly agree with this statement, 15% neither agree or disagree, and 76% disagree or strongly disagree.