@article{ref1,
title="Collaboration or competition: the impact of incentive types on urban cycling",
journal="International journal of sustainable transportation",
year="2020",
author="Pajarito Grajales, Diego Fabian and Degbelo, Auriol and Gould, Michael",
volume="14",
number="10",
pages="761-776",
abstract="Bicycling is an important mode of transport for cities and many cities are interested in promoting its uptake by a larger portion of the population. Several cycling mobile applications primarily rely on competition as a motivation strategy for urban cyclists. Yet, collaboration may be equally useful to motivate and engage cyclists. The present research reports on an experiment comparing the impact of collaboration-based and competition-based rewards on users' enjoyment, satisfaction, engagement with, and intention to cycle. It involved a total of 57 participants in three European cities: Münster (Germany), Castelló (Spain), and Valletta (Malta). Our results show participants from the study reporting higher enjoyment and engagement with cycling in the collaboration condition. However, we did not find a significant impact on the participants' worldview when it comes to the intentions to start or increase cycling behavior. The results support the use of collaboration-based rewards in the design of game-based applications to promote urban cycling.  Keywords: Urban cycling, gamification, engagement, mobile apps, collaboration, competition Subject classification codes:<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-8318",
doi="10.1080/15568318.2019.1627619",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2019.1627619"
}