E-scooters will soon reappear on Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus as a continuation of a naturalistic
driving study led by the
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Ford-owned micromobility company
Spin. The research study, launched originally in fall 2019 and paused in March 2020 due to COVID-19, records and analyzes trends in e-scooter rider behavior, interactions with other road users, and other valuable safety data.
Additional information around the study, operations, and safety can be found at parking.vt.edu/alternative/scooters.