| Summary: | Active mobility devices (AMDs), including personal mobility devices (PMDs), are rising in popularity
in many countries around the globe. While PMDs have brought many benefits, their misuse has also
resulted in numerous accidents. This has led many countries like Singapore to impose a blanket ban on
riding PMDs on shared footpaths. One of the causes of the accidents may be attributed to narrow lane
width resulting in a tight manoeuvring situation; however, Singapore's limited land space restricts the
construction of wider lanes. To address this issue, effective infrastructural elements and regulations
should be introduced to encourage the safe integration of PMDs. Hence, the objective of this research
is to investigate possible infrastructural improvements and regulations with the hopes of reintegrating
PMDs back onto shared footpaths. In this study, the infrastructural improvements and regulations
discussed are signages, speed cameras, light indicators on PMDs, publicity and education, speed guns,
fines and licenses. A perception survey was used to collect data from 200 respondents in Singapore and
then analysed using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test on their statistical significance. Results signified
that all of the proposed measures, except signages and publicity, garnered statistically significant
agreement from cyclists regarding their effectiveness in enhancing the safety of both cyclists and PMDs.
Among all the proposed measures, the implementation of fines received the highest proportion of
agreement among respondents. These findings provide insights into cyclists’ perspectives on
infrastructural improvements and regulations that can increase their safety and promote the coexistence
with PMD users on shared footpaths.
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