Journal
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
Volume 103, Issue -, Pages 327-342Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2017.03.007
Keywords
Pedelec; Electrically-assisted bicycle; Cycling; e-Bike; Electric mobility; Sustainable transport
Funding
- UK Research Councils Digital Economy and Energy Programmes/EPSRC [EP/J004855/1]
- Raleigh
- Bupa International
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- Baker Street Bikes
- M's Cycles
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J004855/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/J004855/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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This paper reports on a review of the European literature about the impacts of having an electrically-assisted bike available to use, together with results from a trial in the UK city of Brighton, where 80 employees were loaned an electrically-assisted bike for a 6-8 week period. In the Brighton trial, three-quarters of those who were loaned an e-bike used them at least once a week. Across the sample as a whole, average usage was in the order of 1520 miles per week, and was accompanied by an overall reduction in car mileage of 20%. At the end of the trial, 38% participants expected to cycle more in the future, and at least 70% said that they would like to have an e-bike available for use in the future, and would cycle more if this was the case. This is consistent with the results of the European literature which shows that when e-bikes are made available, they get used; that a proportion of e-bike trips typically substitutes for car use; and that many people who take part in trials become interested in future e-bike use, or cycling more generally. (c) 2017 TRL Limited, University of Brighton and other collaborating authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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