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Equity implications of electric bikesharing in Philadelphia

July 7, 2022

Recent PhD grad Or Caspi examines how the integration of e-bikes influenced Indego’s usage in disadvantaged areas. In these regions, the users use shared e-bikes for commute, leisure, and other utilitarian purposes, while in the rest of the city, users use e-bikes mainly for commuting.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10708-022-10698-1

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