Geografie 2022, 127, 1-29

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2022127010001

It is time to get virtual: limitations of shared e-scooter mobility points, case study in Cracow (Poland)

Paweł Pistelok1ID, Daniel Štraub2ID

1Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Urban Policy Observatory, Kraków, Poland
2Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Department of the Regional Development, Kraków, Poland

Received August 2021
Accepted November 2021

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