Modeling User Perception of Public Bicycle Services

Bordagaray, María Eugenia; Ibeas, Ángel; dell’Olio, Luigi

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.845

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“…The public bicycle, although still a relatively new mode of transport, has many positive characteristics in favour of its exploitation and integration on a much broader scale (Bordagaray et al, 2012) and has in theory at least the potential to be easily and widely acceptable. This is because bike sharing has had profound effects on creating a larger cycling population, increasing transit use, decreasing greenhouse gases and improving public health ( The paradox of public acceptance of bike sharing in Gothenburg Nikitas, Wallgren and Rexfelt public bicycle's benefits are assumptions regarding the modes of travel (i.e.…”

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The paradox of public acceptance of bike sharing in Gothenburg

Nikitas

Wallgren

Rexfelt

2016

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering

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Bike sharing is one of the most promising urban planning interventions to facilitate an all-necessary transition towards a more sustainable transport paradigm. Regardless of the fact that hundreds of schemes run in more than 50 countries worldwide, bike sharing is still moderately investigated by research. This paper reports on a primarily quantitative study of 558 responses that was set to frame attitudes reflecting public acceptance towards the rapidly expanding bike-sharing scheme in Gothenburg, Sweden (Styr & Ställ), in an attempt to identify the ‘formula for success’. The respondents generally believed that Styr & Ställ is a pro-environmental, inexpensive and healthy transport mode, which complements the city’s public transport services and promotes a more human-friendly identity for Gothenburg. Even the respondents that self-reported a small (or no) likelihood to use bike sharing were positive towards the scheme. This means that they recognise that bike sharing has a significant pro-social potential and is not a system favouring a particular road-user segment over others that might not be interested or able to use it. The fact that the majority of the respondents do not use the scheme and yet its popularity is still vast indicates that there is much potential for more use in real terms.

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The paradox of public acceptance of bike sharing in Gothenburg

Nikitas

Wallgren

Rexfelt

2016

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering

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“…These factors are commonly used to justify the urban logistic operators' resistance to change to electric vehicles revealed in other studies [3,11]. Borgaray [20] modeled the quality perceived by users from public bicycle systems through the use of Probit models, concluding that safety and information have the greatest impact on public bike users' perceived quality. Safety is also one of the most important concerns with the use of bicycles in city logistics, since cyclist constitute a vulnerable road user because they have problems being seen and have increased difficulties in undertaking avoidance maneuvers and understanding the movements of other vehicles [21].…”

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Evaluating the impacts of using cargo cycles on urban logistics: integrating traffic, environmental and operational boundaries

Melo

Baptista

2017

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Introduction European Commission has promoted actions and policies with the aim of reducing the negative impacts on traffic and environment caused by city logistics. One increasingly popular measure is the use of cargo bikes in city logistics due to their improved energy efficiency, lower emissions and lower traffic disturbance. The paper assess the impacts of electric cargo bikes, from a public policy perspective and, simultaneously, taking into account variables that cover the urban logistics operators' interests. Under a public policy perspective, the considered variables evaluate mobility, environmental impacts and indirectly, the quality of life. In terms of private interests, the studied variables cover costs levels (operation and driving) and efficiency. This evaluation aims at clarifying if electric cargo bikes can indeed represent a sustainable mobility policy under specific boundaries, by leading to better environmental and social impacts and not hindering the operational efficiency of urban logistics activities. Methods For that purpose, the measurement of the traffic key performance indicators, as well as of Well-to-Wheel energy and CO 2 emission savings is performed allowing to quantify mobility, reliability and operational efficiency indicators. Several scenarios related with the introduction of electric cargo bikes replacing conventional vans were assessed and evaluated in order to compare the effects of different market shares in the mobility of the studied area located in Porto (Portugal). Acknowledging the short distance range of cargo bikes, the simulation is carried out and an estimation of the total transportation cost is performed, which includes transport and emission cost when the vehicle is driving, emission cost while idling and labor cost. Results The main conclusion is that cargo bikes can replace up to 10% of the conventional vans in areas with maximum linear distances of about 2 km, without changing the overall network efficiency. Additionally, urban logistics WTW CO 2 emission impacts can be reduced by up to 73%, which represents 746 kg of CO 2 avoided emissions. Furthermore, the introduction of electric cargo bikes in urban logistics activities has positive effects for all the vehicle categories and all the scenarios, reaching up to 25% of reductions in external costs. Conclusions As a result, cargo bikes implemented at the appropriate spatial scale within the city can be a sustainable solution for urban logistics, depending on a prior delimitation of the conditions and adequate implementation strategy, to guarantee that it actually leads to improvements in terms of mobility, environment, energy, running costs and externalities.

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“…In one stream, research is centered upon operational issues such as development models, network design, and vehicle scheduling from the program facilitator's point of view [9][10][11]. However, considering that the success of any bicycle sharing system is dependent upon consumer utilization [12], another stream of research is focused upon consumer usage.…”

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Predicting Public Bicycle Adoption Using the Technology Acceptance Model

2015

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Abstract:Bicycle sharing programs provide a sustainable mode of urban transportation. Although cities across the globe have developed these systems for their citizens and visitors, usage rates are not as high as anticipated. This research uses the technology acceptance model as the basis to understand one's intention to adopt bicycle sharing programs. Using survey data derived from 421 participants in Beijing, China, the proposed covariance-based structural equation model consisting of perceived quality, perceived convenience, and perceived value is found to predict 50.5% of the variance in adoption intention. The findings of this research contribute to theory and practice in the burgeoning literature on public bicycle systems and sustainable urban transportation by offering a theoretical lens through which to consider system adoption, and providing information to practitioners as to what factors might contribute most to adoption.

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Modeling User Perception of Public Bicycle Services

Cited by 46 publications

References 12 publications

The paradox of public acceptance of bike sharing in Gothenburg

The paradox of public acceptance of bike sharing in Gothenburg

Evaluating the impacts of using cargo cycles on urban logistics: integrating traffic, environmental and operational boundaries

Predicting Public Bicycle Adoption Using the Technology Acceptance Model

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