A longitudinal evaluation of satisfaction with e-cycling in daily commuting in the Netherlands
| Autor: | Joost de Kruijf, Martin Dijst, Dick Ettema |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Academy for Built Environment & Logistics |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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050210 logistics & transportation Multivariate analysis e-cycling Car ownership 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies satisfaction with travel 021107 urban & regional planning Transportation 02 engineering and technology Hedonic treadmill Incentive Travel satisfaction Kilometer 0502 economics and business Demographic economics Cycling Psychology human activities cycling behaviour |
| Zdroj: | Travel Behaviour and Society, 2018. Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2214-367X |
| Popis: | This paper reports on the effects of an e-cycling stimulation program on travel satisfaction in the province of North-Brabant, the Netherlands. The program was designed to stimulate car-commuters to shift to e-bike in daily commuting, earning a monetary incentive for each kilometre e-cycled. With a longitudinal design, this study shows a significant increase in travel satisfaction when switching from car to e-bike. Starting from an average slightly positive satisfaction with car commuting, participants reported an extremely positive expected travel satisfaction by e-bike. Although a bit less than expected, the experienced travel satisfaction with e-cycling was high after a period of a month and even increased in the following period of half a year. Where the participants can be sub-divided into car-only and multi-modal car-commuters, this distinction does not show in the experienced travel satisfaction with e-cycling. Our study indicates that the hedonic treadmill mechanism does not automatically apply to the satisfaction with e-cycling. Multivariate analyses suggest that the increase in the travel satisfaction is affected by self-reported health, car ownership, urbanization degree, whether car use and e-cycling are experienced as strenuous, congestion on the route and the attractiveness of the cycle route. |
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