Schoenmaker, R.P. (2020) Using e-bikes as a mode towards sustainable mobility. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
This research investigates to what extent e-bikes are used as a means to fasten the transition towards sustainable mobility in the North of the Netherlands. he transport sector is polluting the environment heavily, in the North of the Netherlands, the e-bike has a lot of potentials to make the transport sector more sustainable. How e-bikes are used and whether they can change people’s behavior remains unrevealed in current literature. Mixed methods were used to find results. A paired sample t-test has been performed to find which modes of transport are replaced by e-bikes. After that interviews have been analysed, using atlas.ti to find out how e-bike use is being stimulated. The results show that e-bikes mainly replace ordinary bikes but also cars. Which can help in fastening the sustainable mobility transition. Local governments are trying to stimulate e-bike use to increase the replacement levels of e-bikes by cars.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Kuper, J. |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2020 05:34 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2020 05:34 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2025 |
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