Electric bicycles (e-bikes) are a new addition to bicycle-sharing and may improve its competitiveness. E-bikes allow for higher speeds at a higher level of comfort than conventional bicycles and, compared with traditional bicycle-sharing, e-bike-sharing is better positioned to complement or compete with existing public transportation, or to even challenge established taxi services. In this paper, eight months of transaction data from a free-floating e-bike-sharing system in Zürich, Switzerland, were used to study the market position of e-bike sharing and drivers of demand. The results of the analysis indicate that a large proportion of the trips are commuting, and that the distance range of e-bike-sharing trips overlaps with the distance ranges of traditional public transportation and taxi services. Intensity of use is sensitive to precipitation. Spatial regression modeling indicates that economic and social activity, public transportation service quality, and the availability of bicycle infrastructure are key drivers of demand for free-floating e-bike-sharing. Given the substantial differences in the service compared with traditional bicycle-sharing, a new fifth generation of bicycle-sharing schemes is proposed.
Electric Bicycle-Sharing: A New Competitor in the Urban Transportation Market? An Empirical Analysis of Transaction Data
Transportation Research Record
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2673 , 4 ; 15-26
2019-03-03
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