Citation

Cairns S, Behrendt F, Raffo D, Beaumont C, Kiefer C. Transp. Res. A Policy Pract. 2017; 103: 327-342.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.tra.2017.03.007

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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 6-8week 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 15-20miles 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.

Language: en

Keywords

Cycling; Sustainable transport; e-Bike; Electric mobility; Electrically-assisted bicycle; Pedelec