Regulation of shared electric kick scooters in urban areas: Key drivers from expert stakeholders Sobrino, Natalia Nicolás González, Juan Vassallo Magro, José Manuel Baeza Muñoz, María De Los Ángeles Micromobility Electric kick scooter Shared mobility Regulation Transport policy Focus group Supplementary data related to this article can be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2023.02.009. The authors wish to thank MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR, which have funded the project GREENSHARE (TED2021-129239B–I00). This work was also supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCIN), the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI/10.13039/501100011033), and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which have funded the project RTI2018-095501-B-I00. Shared electric kick scooters (SEKS) have become widespread in many cities worldwide with great expectations from both users and municipalities. Most cities have not yet passed specific legislation to regulate this new phenomenon, thereby increasing uncertainties across different players such as users, operators, etc. This research provides guidelines for regulating SEKS in urban areas for their successful implementation, taking advantage of a collaborative approach with expert stakeholders that look at the regulation problem from different perspectives. The study focuses on the case of Spain where SEKS have been booming over the last few years. The methodology applied follows a three-step process consisting of the identification of crucial issues and key expert stakeholders, a general survey to them, and a final focus group intended to reach consensus. The paper provides regulatory recommendations in four main areas: market access, technical requirements, traffic and safety, and supervision. It finds large agreement on key aspects such as promoting a homogeneous regulation across the municipalities within the same metropolitan area; establishing fixed bases for parking in the city centre while allowing free floating in low density areas located in the outskirts; and promoting an integration with the public transportation system. 2023-05-04T11:09:00Z 2023-05-04T11:09:00Z 2023-02-08 journal article N. Sobrino et al. Regulation of shared electric kick scooters in urban areas: Key drivers from expert stakeholders. Transport Policy 134 (2023) 1–18 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2023.02.009] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81332 10.1016/j.tranpol.2023.02.009 eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/NextGenerationEU/PRTR/GREENSHARE (TED2021-129239B–I00) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Elsevier