Abstract

Electric-assisted bicycles (e-bikes) may encourage commuters to shift from car to bike by improving perceptions of bicycling safety and increasing destination accessibility. Awareness of e-bikes is an important first step toward more widespread adoption. This article uses a natural experiment design to examine the impact of the implementation of an e-bike share system in Davis, CA, on awareness of e-bikes and consideration of the use of e-bikes for commuting. We use data from three cross-sectional surveys of employees at the University of California, Davis, to estimate the effect of the opening of the e-bike system on changes in awareness and consideration and examine other important factors associated with these outcomes. The results suggest that a shared e-bike system can substantially increase awareness of e-bikes, but that additional strategies may be needed to convert awareness into consideration of the use of e-bikes for commuting.

摘要

电动辅助自行车（e-bike）可以通过提高对骑自行车安全的认识和增加目的地可达性来鼓励通勤者从汽车转向自行车。对电动自行车的认识是迈向更广泛采用的重要第一步。本文使用自然实验设计来检验在加利福尼亚州戴维斯实施电动自行车共享系统对电动自行车的认识和考虑使用电动自行车进行通勤的影响。我们使用来自加利福尼亚大学戴维斯分校员工的三项横断面调查的数据来估计电动自行车系统的开放对意识和考虑变化的影响，并检查与这些结果相关的其他重要因素。结果表明，共享电动自行车系统可以大大提高人们对电动自行车的认识，