Campus Mobility for the Future: The Electric Bicycle

I. V. McLoughlin, I. K. Narendra, L. H. Koh, Q. H. Nguyen, B. Seshadri, W. Zeng, C. Yao
DOI: 10.4236/jtts.2012.21001                

Abstract

Sustainable and practical personal mobility solutions for campus environments have traditionally revolved around the use of bicycles, or provision of pedestrian facilities. However many campus environments also experience traffic congestion, parking difficulties and pollution from fossil-fuelled vehicles. It appears that pedal power alone has not been sufficient to supplant the use of petrol and diesel vehicles to date, and therefore it is opportune to investigate both the reasons behind the continual use of environmentally unfriendly transport, and consider potential solutions. This paper presents the results from a year-long study into electric bicycle effectiveness for a large tropical campus, identifying barriers to bicycle use that can be overcome through the availability of public use electric bicycles.

Keywords

Electric Bicycle; E-Bike; Campus Transport; Personal Mobility

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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