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Benign mobility? Electric bicycles, sustainable transport consumption behaviour and socio-technical transitions in Nanjing, China

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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:05 authored by Lin Xiao, Peter Wells, Benjamin SovacoolBenjamin Sovacool
In this paper, we ask whether electric bicycle (e-bike) use in urban China is a temporary phase or an embedded form of sustainable mobility. A survey was conducted in Nanjing in order to assess the characteristics and attitudes of electric bicycle users and other mode users (e.g. pedestrians; car drivers). Based on over 1000 responses a Logit Model was used to analyse current and future mode choice. The results show that electric bicycles are not necessarily displacing cars on a substantial scale, but are rather displacing the ‘benign’ modes of walking, traditional bicycling, and using the bus. We conclude that electric bicycles are helping to enable mobility-dependent lifestyles that may in the future be supported by cars, rather than offering a true departure from carbon-centred, motorized forms of transport.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

ISSN

0965-8564

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

103

Page range

223-234

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-09-26

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-03-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-09-26

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