21st Century Transportation

Shared Vehicles, E-Bikes and their Implications for a Smart

Growth Economy in Maine

Shared Vehicles (cars)

eBikes

• 2014 study A Global High Shift Scenario: Impacts and Potential for More Public Transport, Walking, and Cycling with Lower Car Use.

• A global assessment of the potential for increasing travel on sustainable, efficient modes while concurrently developing cities that are far less car-dependent.

Global High-Shift Scenario

Global High-Shift ScenarioThe researchers have:

• Undertaken a bigger effort to collect and tabulate data on cycling and electric bicycle (e-bike) ridership around the world, finding higher ridership levels than previously estimated;

• Developed better estimates of recent cycling trends by region;

• Created the new High Shift Cycling (HSC) scenario for 2030 and 2050, taking into account cities that currently have high cycling levels, typical trip distances, and other factors;

• Reestimated the potential impacts of high cycling and e-biking levels on energy use, CO2 emissions, and a range of cost factors.

• High mode share:

Amsterdam Copenhagen

York in the United Kingdom

and many cities in India, China

-- 15 % of trips—

Even in the US more than 35 percent of trips <3 miles

Bicycling / eBikes

• E-bikes are not included in mode share reporting by all but a few cities

• Include increasing the range of potential travel distances

• Reduce cycling effort in hilly cities, and

• Provide mobility to population groups that are not entirely comfortable using bicycles

Bicycling / eBikes

eBikes

PACTS Regional Bicycle Wayfinding System

PACTS Priority Corridors and Priority Centers