Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 239-258Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2020.1737277
Keywords
Bikeshare; China; dockless bikeshare; E-bike; human-powered bicycle; motorbike
Funding
- Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute
- CCDI in Suzhou
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The market share of human-powered bicycles declined steadily before 2016, but with the emergence of dockless bikeshare, government policies also adjusted. E-bikes and motorbikes showed independent growth trends, with changing attitudes from the government.
This paper is an empirical review of the development of two-wheeled transport, comprising human-powered bicycles, E-bikes, and motorbikes in China from 1985 to 2019, aimed at investigating the development of two-wheeled transport in China. A series of demand-side factors (e.g., rapid urbanization) and supply-side factors (e.g., obsolete infrastructure) are explored. The mode share of human-powered bicycles decreased steadily until 2016, the year dockless bikeshare (DBS) emerged. During that time, government policy changed from encouraged, discouraged, converted and re-recognized to encouraged again due to sophisticated socio-economic change. E-bikes and motorbikes witnessed an independent growth trend and changing political attitude from that of human-powered bicycles. The future of the human-powered bicycle transport mode in China is promising, due to favorable government policies and the growing demand from users for a flexible mode of transport to serve short-middle distance and last-mile trips. E-bikes have an uncertain future since local policies differ, and safety issues are yet to be addressed. Motorbikes, due to their negative safety and environmental considerations, have been increasingly replaced by automobiles, and this makes their future position marginal.
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