Responses to Electric Bikes (e-bikes) Amongst Stakeholder and Decision-Makers with Influence on Transportation Reform in Toronto, Canada

We currently know very little about the willingness and capacity of governance stakeholders to promote, plan and/or advocate for increased e-bike usage in Canadian cities. Planning for the influx of e-bikes in urban centres is challenging given their ambiguity as a motor vehicle and unique performance characteristics, all of which raises uncertainties over how they should be integrated into already crowded systems of transportation infrastructure. Furthermore, the governance and regulation of e-bikes is fragmented and inconsistent. Uncertainties remain over how their uptake may be facilitated or constrained by influential governance stakeholders that possess different understandings of transportation challenges, priority goals, technological and infrastructural preferences, and resource access. In this paper our objectives are to: 1. Analyze the current state of knowledge and perspectives of diverse governance stakeholders towards e-bike technology adoption including related risks and benefits to sustainability; 2. Synthesize key areas of consensus, difference and uncertainty across stakeholders; 3. Identify factors (i.e. physical, political, economic, social) that shape e-bike uptake and impacts in the City of Toronto.

• Record URL:
  http://ctrf.ca/?page_id=4419
• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • Edge, S
  • Goodfield, J
• Conference:
  • Canadian Transportation Research Forum 52nd Annual Conference - Canadian Transportation: 150 Years of Progress//Les transports au Canada : 150 ans de progrès - Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 28-31, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 424 KB, 10p.
• Monograph Title: Canadian Transportation Research Forum 52nd Annual Conference - Canadian Transportation: 150 Years of Progress//Les transports au Canada : 150 ans de progrès - Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 28-31, 2017

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bicycles; Conferences; Districts and authorities; Evaluation; Hazards; Legislation; Modal split; Networks; Policy; Safety; Transportation departments; Types of roads by network; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic networks
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 1201: Electric bicycle; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1556: Legislation; 675: Modal split; 1054: Network (traffic); 173: Policy; 9150: Risk; 1665: Safety; 253: Transport authority; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01678282
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Aug 22 2018 1:42PM