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Abstract

Physical inactivity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Climate change is now regarded as the biggest threat to global public health. Electric micromobility (e-micromobility, including e-bikes, e-cargo bikes, and e-scooters) has the potential to simultaneously increase people’s overall physical activity while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions where it substitutes for motorised transport. The ELEVATE study aims to understand the impacts of e-micromobility, including identifying the people, places, and circumstances where they will be most beneficial in terms of improving people’s health while also reducing mobility-related energy demand and carbon emissions. A complex mixed methods design collected detailed quantitative and qualitative data from multiple UK cities. First, nationally representative (n = 2000), city-wide (n = 400 for each of the three cities; total = 1200), and targeted study area surveys (n = 996) collected data on travel behaviour, levels of physical activity, vehicle ownership, and use, as well as attitudes towards e-micromobility. Then, to provide insights on an understudied type of e-micromobility, 49 households were recruited to take part in e-cargo bike one-month trials. Self-reported data from the participants were validated with objective data-using methods such as GPS trackers and smartwatches’ recordings of routes and activities. CO2 impacts of e-micromobility use were also calculated. Participant interviews provided detailed information on preferences, expectations, experiences, barriers, and enablers of e-micromobility.

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Title
Domestic Use of E-Cargo Bikes and Other E-Micromobility: Protocol for a Multi-Centre, Mixed Methods Study
Author
Philips, Ian 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Azzouz, Labib 2 ; de Séjournet, Alice 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Anable, Jillian 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Behrendt, Frauke 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cairns, Sally 4 ; Cass, Noel 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Darking, Mary 4 ; Glachant, Clara 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Heinen, Eva 5 ; Marks, Nick 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Nelson, Theresa 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Brand, Christian 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, University Road, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK 
 Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK 
 Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, TU Eindhoven, 5612 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands 
 School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton, Mithras House, Moulsecoomb BN2 4AT, UK 
 ETH Zürich, Verkehrs- und Mobilitätsplanung, HIL F 31.3, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland 
First page
1690
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3149641019
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.