Urban Transportation Challenges in Saudi Arabia: Micromobility as a Solution to First and Last Mile

  • Focus Area Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Future of Transport and Fuel Demand
  • Type Commentary
  • Date 24 December 2023
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Abstract

The transportation sector plays a significant role in global carbon emissions and environmental challenges. On a worldwide scale, the aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributed to transportation amount to approximately 14.3% of total emissions. Notably, road transport emissions made a substantial contribution, comprising 12.6% of overall transport emissions in 2019.

Authors

Lama Yaseen

Lama Yaseen

Fellow- Transportation & Infrastructure Lama is a fellow working under the Transportation and Infrastructure Content Center. Lama has a B.Sc. degree in computer science…

Lama is a fellow working under the Transportation and Infrastructure Content Center. Lama has a B.Sc. degree in computer science from Effat University and an M.Sc. degree in software engineering from the University of Oxford. Lama is a programmer, data modeler and software engineer working in data modeling and software integration. She is also part of the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) team, working in spatial analytics and modeling.

Lama was also one of the main contributors to the KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis (KTAB).

Expertise

  • Energy Sustainability and Social Science

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Nourah Al Hosain

Nourah Al Hosain

Manager- Geographic Information Solution Nourah is a manager in the Solutions Productization program. Her work focuses on geospatial analysis and modeling. Nourah was previously…

Nourah is a manager in the Solutions Productization program. Her work focuses on geospatial analysis and modeling. Nourah was previously in KAPSARC’s Policy and Decision Science program, where she was part of the KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis (KTAB) development team. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Prince Sultan University.

Expertise

  • Policy Analysis
  • Sustainable Cities and Geospatial Analysis and Modeling

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Ibrahem Shatnawi

Ibrahem Shatnawi

Senior Fellow- Transport & Urban Infrastructure

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