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Title: | Physical activity of electric bicycle users compared to conventional bicycle users and non-cyclists: Insights based on health and transport data from an online survey in seven European cities | Authors: | Castro, Alberto Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin DONS, Evi Standaert, Arnout LAEREMANS, Michelle Clark, Anna Anaya-Boig, Esther Cole-Hunter, Tom Avila-Palencia, Ione Rojas-Rueda, David Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark Gerike, Regine INT PANIS, Luc de Nazelle, Audrey Brand, Christian Raser, Elisabeth Kahlmeier, Sonja Götschi, Thomas |
Corporate Authors: | PASTA consortium | Issue Date: | 2019 | Source: | Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 1 (Art N° 100017) | Abstract: | Physical activity has been widely associated with beneficial health effects. The use of electric-assist bicycles (e-bikes) can lead to increased or decreased physical activity, depending on the transport mode substituted. This study aimed to compare physical activity levels of e-bikers and conventional bicycle users (cyclists) as well as across e-bike user groups based on the transport mode substituted by e-bike. Physical activity, transport and user related parameters were analysed. Data from the longitudinal on-line survey of the PASTA project were used. The survey recruited over 10,000 participants in seven European cities. Physical activity levels, measured in Metabolic Equivalent Task minutes per week (MET min/wk), were similar among e-bikers and cyclists (4463 vs. 4085). E-bikers reported significantly longer trip distances for both e-bike (9.4 km) and bicycle trips (8.4 km) compared to cyclists for bicycle trips (4.8 km), as well as longer daily travel distances for e-bike than cyclists for bicycle (8.0 vs. 5.3 km per person, per day, respectively). Travel-related activities of e-bikers who switched from cycling decreased by around 200 MET min/wk., while those switching from private motorized vehicle and public transport gained around 550 and 800 MET min/wk. respectively. Therefore, this data suggests that e-bike use leads to substantial increases in physical activity in e-bikers switching from private motorized vehicle and public transport, while net losses in physical activity in e-bikers switching from cycling were much less due to increases in overall travel distance. | Keywords: | Electric bicycles;physical activity;transport;health | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/33189 | ISSN: | 2590-1982 | e-ISSN: | 2590-1982 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.trip.2019.100017 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | vabb 2022 |
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