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Electrically-assisted bikes: Potential impacts on travel behaviour

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  • Cairns, S.
  • Behrendt, F.
  • Raffo, D.
  • Beaumont, C.
  • Kiefer, C.

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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 6–8week 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.

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  • Cairns, S. & Behrendt, F. & Raffo, D. & Beaumont, C. & Kiefer, C., 2017. "Electrically-assisted bikes: Potential impacts on travel behaviour," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 327-342.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transa:v:103:y:2017:i:c:p:327-342
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2017.03.007
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