A longitudinal evaluation of satisfaction with e-cycling in daily commuting in the Netherlands

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. The 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.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2018.04.003
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214367X17301473
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • de Kruijf, Joost
  • Ettema, Dick
  • Dijst, Martin
• Publication Date: 2019-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 192-200
• Serial:
  • Travel Behaviour and Society
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2214-367X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2214367X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Bicycles; Commuting; Electric vehicles; Modal shift
• Geographic Terms: North-Brabant (Netherlands)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01721471
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 1 2019 9:42AM