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16. Motives, perceptions and experiences of electric bicycle owners and implications for health, wellbeing and mobility

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Jones, Tim, Harms, Lucas, Heinen, Eva, Jones, Tim [0000-0002-5187-5654], Heinen, Eva [0000-0002-8213-0292], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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ddc:380, Electric bicycles, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Travel behaviour, Mobility, Health & wellbeing, health & wellbeing, Environmental Science(all), Geography, Planning and Development, electric bicycles, Transportation, travel behaviour, United Kingdom, mobility, Netherlands
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The sale of electrically assisted bicycles (‘e-bikes’) is growing at a rapid rate across Europe. Whereas market data is available describing sales trends, there is limited understanding of the experience of early adopters of e-bike technology. This paper investigates the motives for e-bike purchase, rider experience and perceived impact on mobility, health and wellbeing through in-depth interviews with e-bike owners in the Netherlands and the UK.Findings revealed that the motive for purchasing e-bikes was often to allow maintenance of cycling against a backdrop of changing individual or household circumstances. E-bikes also provided new opportunities for people who would not otherwise consider conventional cycling. Perceptions of travel behaviour change revealed that e-biking was replacing conventional cycling but was also replacing journeys that would have been made by car. There was also a perception that e-biking has increased, or at least allowed participants to maintain, some form of physical activity and had benefitted personal wellbeing. Technological, social and environmental barriers to e-biking were identified. These included weight of bicycle, battery life, purchase price, social stigma and limitations of cycle infrastructure provision.Additional research is necessary to quantify actual levels of mode substitution and new journey generation among new e-bike owners and the impact of e-biking on promoting physical health and mental wellbeing.

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2016

17. The public bicycle-sharing scheme in Brisbane, Australia: Evaluating the influence of its introduction on changes in time spent cycling amongst a middle- and older-age population

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Heinen, Eva, Kamruzzaman, Md, Turrell, Gavin, Heinen, Eva, Kamruzzaman, Md, and Turrell, Gavin

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Background: Active travel may improve individual health as it contributes to higher levels of physical activity, particularly in an aging society. Bicycle-sharing schemes may contribute to public health by encouraging active travel. Aim: To investigate whether exposure to a bicycle-sharing scheme—measured as residential proximity to a bicycle station—was associated with the propensity to use it. Second, we aimed to study the extent to which exposure to the scheme was associated with a change in time spent cycling. Method: In this natural-experimental study, we analysed a large panel of residents in Brisbane, Australia, who were surveyed before and after the introduction of a bicycle-sharing scheme in 2010. Data were collected as part of the HABITAT study, a multilevel longitudinal investigation of physical activity and health among ‘baby boomers’ (persons aged 40–65). Data were collected in 2009 (n = 7866), 2011 (n = 6900), and 2013 (n = 6520). Two self-reported outcome variables were examined: (1) a stages-of-change variable measuring the likelihood of using the scheme and the intention to use it in the future, and (2) change in time spent cycling between 2009 and 2013. Results: In the unadjusted model, proximity was significantly associated with stages of change, but became non-significant after adjustment. Moreover, higher levels of exposure to the intervention did not predict a change in time spent cycling. Younger respondents and respondents with a higher education level were more likely to consider using the bicycle-sharing scheme. Individuals who had a college degree were more likely to have used this scheme. Conclusion: Residential proximity to a bicycle-sharing station was not found to be associated with the use of the bicycle-sharing scheme nor did its introduction significantly predict an increase in time spent cycling. Other interventions may be more supportive of increasing cycling in the baby boomer cohort, and, thereby, improving their overall heal

Published
2018

24. The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas: Understanding real effects, underlying driving forces and co-producing future directions

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Khreis, Haneen, primary, Warsow, Karyn M., additional, Verlinghieri, Ersilia, additional, Guzman, Alvaro, additional, Pellecuer, Luc, additional, Ferreira, Antonio, additional, Jones, Ian, additional, Heinen, Eva, additional, Rojas-Rueda, David, additional, Mueller, Natalie, additional, Schepers, Paul, additional, Lucas, Karen, additional, and Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark, additional

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2016
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27. Urban Transport and Health: Understanding Real Impacts, Underlying Driving Forces and Co-Producing Future Directions

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Khreis, Haneen, primary, Warsow, Karyn, additional, Verlinghieri, Ersilia, additional, Guzman, Alvaro, additional, Pellecuer, Luc, additional, Ferreira, Antonio, additional, Jones, Ian, additional, Heinen, Eva, additional, Rojas-Rueda, David, additional, Mueller, Natalie, additional, Schepers, Paul, additional, and Nieuwenhuijsen, PhD, Mark, additional

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2016
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35. Does exposure to new transport infrastructure result in modal shifts? Patterns of change in commute mode choices in a four-year quasi-experimental cohort study

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Heinen, Eva, Harshfield, Amelia, Panter, Jenna, Mackett, Roger, and Ogilvie, David

Subjects
Population & Society, Stroke, Oral and Gastrointestinal, 11. Sustainability, sense organs, Public Health, skin and connective tissue diseases, Metabolic and Endocrine, human activities, 3. Good health, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, Cancer
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BACKGROUND: Intervention studies suggest that changing the built environment may encourage a modal shift from car travel towards active travel. However, little is known about the detail of patterns of changes in travel behaviour. METHOD: Adult commuters working in Cambridge (UK) completed annual questionnaires between 2009 and 2012. Commuting was assessed using a validated seven-day travel-to-work record. The intervention consisted of the opening of a guided busway with a path for walking and cycling in 2011. Exposure to the intervention was defined as the negative of the square root of the shortest road distance from home to the busway. We investigated the association between exposure to the intervention and specific modal shifts and patterns of change, along with individual mode choice patterns over the entire four-year period. RESULTS: Five groups of patterns of change were found in our in-depth explorations: (1) no change, (2) a full modal shift, (3) a partial modal shift, (4) non-stable but patterned behaviour, and (5) complicated or apparently random patterns. A minority of participants had a directed change of either a full modal shift or, more commonly, a partial modal shift, whereas a large proportion showed a highly variable pattern. No significant associations were found between exposure to the intervention and specific modal shifts or patterns of change. CONCLUSION: Our analyses revealed a large diversity in (changes in) travel behaviour patterns over time, and showed that the intervention did not result in one specific pattern of behaviour change or produce only full modal shifts. These insights are important for improving the measurement of travel behaviour, improving our understanding of how changes in travel behaviour patterns occur, and fully capturing the potential impacts of interventions.

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