The Role of Existence, Relatedness, and Growth Needs in the Intention to Use Conventional and Electric Bike Sharing in a Driving-Oriented Country

Moving towards bicycle-oriented regions would contribute significantly to build healthier and more sustainable communities while reducing traffic congestion and pollutant emissions. This study looks at the intentions of the inhabitants of three Polish cities in a driving-oriented region to use conventional and electric bicycles within a hypothetical upgrade of their bike sharing systems. A web-based survey measured existence, relatedness and growth needs with Likert-type items and gathered information about socioeconomic characteristics, habitual travel behaviour, and perception of cycling. A hybrid bivariate ordered model helped estimating the relations between the intentions and both the observed and the latent variables while accounting for the correlation between the intentions to use the two types of bicycles. Gender differences emerged as males were higher on using conventional bicycles and females were higher on using electric bicycles. Also, younger respondents were related positively to using conventional bicycles and negatively to using electric ones. Moreover, clearly bike sharing schemes were seen as functional means to move from place to place that solve existence needs but do not contribute to higher-order needs. Accordingly, the marketing of bike sharing should focus on selling the opportunity at a convenient cost to move swiftly and efficiently throughout a city, rather than the experience of cycling and the fulfilment of higher-order needs.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE90 Standing Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries. Alternate title: The Role of Existence, Relatedness, and Growth Needs in the Intention to Use Conventional and Electric Bikesharing in a Driving-Oriented Country
  • Authors:
    • Kaplan, Sigal
    • Wrzesinska, Dagmara K
    • Prato, Carlo G
  • Conference:
  • Date: 2018

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 19p

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01656842
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 18-02044
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Jan 22 2018 10:49AM