Electric bicycles and public transport tickets: Ownership and car use patterns

IF 7.7 1区工程技术 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Transportation Research Part D-transport and Environment Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI:10.1016/j.trd.2025.104901

Nils Christian Hoenow , Viola Helmers , Eva H. Yang

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Abstract

Riding electric bicycles and using public transport are popular alternatives to private car use. Utilizing data from a 2022 survey of 6,285 participants in Germany, we examine who typically owns e-bikes or public transport tickets. We firstly employ regression analyses to identify correlations between individual characteristics and e-bike as well as ticket ownership, respectively. We find that e-bike owners tend to be older, earn higher incomes, and often reside in more rural areas. For public transport ticket ownership, these associations are largely reversed. Through latent class analyses, we identify distinct groups of e-bike and ticket owners. In a second step, we investigate associations between e-bike or ticket ownership and several car use measures through propensity score matching and regression analyses. We find that, compared to non-owners, owners of either alternative exhibit lower car use, with the difference being larger for public transport ticket owners.

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电动自行车和公共交通票：所有权和汽车使用模式

骑电动自行车和使用公共交通工具是私家车的流行替代品。利用2022年对德国6285名参与者的调查数据，我们研究了哪些人通常拥有电动自行车或公共交通车票。我们首先利用回归分析分别确定个体特征与电动自行车和车票持有之间的相关性。我们发现，电动自行车车主往往年龄较大，收入较高，而且往往居住在更偏远的地区。对于公共交通车票的拥有量，这些联系在很大程度上是相反的。通过潜在类别分析，我们确定了不同的电动自行车和车票拥有者群体。在第二步中，我们通过倾向得分匹配和回归分析来调查电动自行车或车票所有权与几种汽车使用措施之间的关联。我们发现，与非车主相比，有两种选择的车主都表现出更低的汽车使用量，而拥有公共交通车票的车主的差异更大。

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Transportation Research Part D-transport and Environment 工程技术-运输科技

CiteScore

14.40

自引率

9.20%

发文量

314

审稿时长

39 days

期刊介绍： Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment focuses on original research exploring the environmental impacts of transportation, policy responses to these impacts, and their implications for transportation system design, planning, and management. The journal comprehensively covers the interaction between transportation and the environment, ranging from local effects on specific geographical areas to global implications such as natural resource depletion and atmospheric pollution. We welcome research papers across all transportation modes, including maritime, air, and land transportation, assessing their environmental impacts broadly. Papers addressing both mobile aspects and transportation infrastructure are considered. The journal prioritizes empirical findings and policy responses of regulatory, planning, technical, or fiscal nature. Articles are policy-driven, accessible, and applicable to readers from diverse disciplines, emphasizing relevance and practicality. We encourage interdisciplinary submissions and welcome contributions from economically developing and advanced countries alike, reflecting our international orientation.