TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Collaboration or competition: the impact of incentive types on urban cycling
JO  - International journal of sustainable transportation
A1  - Pajarito Grajales, Diego Fabian
A1  - Degbelo, Auriol
A1  - Gould, Michael
SP  - 761
EP  - 776
VL  - 14
IS  - 10
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1556-8318
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2019.1627619
ID  - ref1
ER  -