Integrating cycling tourism, e-mobility and local development: A spatial model to plan slow tourist paths for E-bikes

IF 2.1 Q2 GEOGRAPHY

Regional Science Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI:10.1016/j.rspp.2025.100237

Luca Pirolo , Rossella Moscarelli

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This paper discusses the future of slow tourism and the recent development of e-mobility, focusing on vehicles powered by electricity, such as pedal-assisted bicycles. E-bikes present a promising opportunity to promote cycling tourism, as they can be used by a wider range of people and cover greater distances. The paper proposes a spatial planning model for designing cycleways equipped with Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) to integrate e-mobility into a slow tourism project. An original mathematical GIS model is presented, along with its application to a case study: the 700-kilometre VENTO cycle route in Italy, which runs from Venice to Turin alongside the Po River. The mathematical model identifies the optimal locations for e-bike charging stations along the VENTO cycleway, based on criteria that combine technological EVSE improvements with a regenerative approach to marginal territories. Stopping to charge an e-bike encourages people to explore the area. This could help to distribute the positive economic impacts of cycling tourism to less attractive areas.

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整合自行车旅游、电动交通和地方发展：一个规划电动自行车慢行旅游路径的空间模型

本文讨论了慢旅游的未来和电动交通的最新发展，重点讨论了电动交通工具，如踏板辅助自行车。电动自行车为促进自行车旅游提供了一个有希望的机会，因为它们可以被更广泛的人使用，覆盖更远的距离。本文提出了一种配备电动车辆供应设备（EVSE）的自行车道空间规划模型，将电动交通融入慢旅游项目。本文提出了一个原始的数学GIS模型，并将其应用于一个案例研究：意大利700公里的VENTO自行车路线，从威尼斯到都灵，沿着波河。该数学模型根据EVSE技术改进与边际区域再生方法相结合的标准，确定了VENTO自行车道沿线电动自行车充电站的最佳位置。停下来给电动自行车充电，鼓励人们探索该地区。这有助于将自行车旅游的积极经济影响分配到吸引力较低的地区。

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期刊介绍： Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) is the official policy and practitioner orientated journal of the Regional Science Association International. It is an international journal that publishes high quality papers in applied regional science that explore policy and practice issues in regional and local development. It welcomes papers from a range of academic disciplines and practitioners including planning, public policy, geography, economics and environmental science and related fields. Papers should address the interface between academic debates and policy development and application. RSPP provides an opportunity for academics and policy makers to develop a dialogue to identify and explore many of the challenges facing local and regional economies.