Sustainable Mobility Tools and Perceived Risk: A SEM-Based Survey in an Italian Metropolitan Area

Exploring potential reasons that may enhance the use of sustainable mobility tools by young generations motivates this work. Particularly, we aim at studying if and to what extent the perceived risk associated with the use of bikes, electric bikes, and electric kick scooters may hamper their use. Such an aim is achieved through the adoption of a variant - developed by the authors—of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Born as a tool to estimate the intention to adopt a cutting-edge technology, the TAM is adapted here within the context of sustainable mobility. To evaluate the model hypothesized relationships, a Structural Equation Model perspective was adopted, an ad hoc questionnaire was designed, and a related survey was planned. The CATI-based survey took place in May–June 2024 and involved 1003 young people aged 18–35 residing in the metropolitan area of Rome. Results show the intention to adopt the tools and the impact of the perceived risk differ across different types of users.