Could E-Bikes Spur a New Wave of Biking in America?

Authors

John MacArthur, Portland State UniversityFollow

Sponsor

This research was funded in part by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), a program of the Transportation Research and Education Center at Portland State University and a U.S. Department of Transportation university transportation center.

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2-2017

Subjects

Electric bicycles -- Oregon -- Portland, Cyclists -- Oregon -- Portland -- Public opinion, Electric bicycles -- Effect on reducing barriers to cycling

Abstract

In this NITC study, researchers provided participants with electric bicycles to use for a ten-week trial period and surveyed them about the experience.

Description

This is a summary of TREC research project NITC-RR-564, which can be found online at http://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/research/project/564.

Final Report NITC-RR-564 can be found at http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19469.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19474

Recommended Citation

MacArthur, J. (2017). Could E-Bikes Spur a New Wave of Biking in America? Project Brief NITC-RR-564. Portland, OR: Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), 2017.