No Dutch figures are available about who uses (legal) LEVs, when and to what end. Foreign figures mostly concern use of electric scooters. They show that electric scooters are mainly used by young men [10] [11] [12] . Rented electric scooters are also often used for recreational purposes, while privately owned electric scooters are more often used for commuting [10] [13]. Both rented and privately owned scooters mostly replace pedestrian and public transport modes but electric scooters, in particular privately owned ones, are also used instead of cars [10] [13] [14]. Research shows that the number of car/taxi journeys that is replaced by e-scooter rides is between 8% (France) and 50% (Santa Monica, United States) [11]. At which times of day e-scooters are mainly used seems to differ greatly among locations. Research in the United States shows that in the city of Austin, e-scooters are mostly used in the morning and in the weekend, whereas in Minneapolis they are mostly used in the evening/at night [15].
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