@article{ref1,
title="Electrically-assisted bikes: potential impacts on travel behaviour",
journal="Transportation research part A: policy and practice",
year="2017",
author="Cairns, S. and Behrendt, F. and Raffo, D. and Beaumont, C. and Kiefer, C.",
volume="103",
number="",
pages="327-342",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0965-8564",
doi="10.1016/j.tra.2017.03.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.03.007"
}