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In recent years, electric two-wheels (ETW) has been experiencing an unprecedented growth to a 230-million troop in just one decade. It prevails greatly due to its significant improvement on individual mobility. Meanwhile, its aggravation on public safety issue incurs prohibitions in some cities such as Shenzhen. Even though it is a common sense that ETW is positive to mobility improvement, it is uncertain how it contributes in which aspects. In this paper, the authors try to figure out the factors affecting two-wheels transit mode choice by logit model simulation. Meanwhile, the authors define mobility in 7 aspects which are velocity, stability, range, flexibility, time span, cost and social justice. In addition, each aspect is assessed respectively based on the investigation on ETW riders in Shanghai. According to this paper, it is hoped that a more specific definition on individual mobility is established by which researchers could toss more influence on policy makers by serious academic researches instead of intuitive media preaches. Lastly, it is hoped that China’s experience on ETW management could also have some positive meanings to other developing countries.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE90 Standing Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries.

01618707

17-04417

English

31p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Case studies; Developing countries; Electric vehicles; Logits; Mobility; Mode choice; Public transit; Two wheeled vehicles

Shanghai (China)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-04417

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 11:42AM