Project Details

Develop a low-impact instrumentation platform that leverages and merges the unique capabilities of e-bike and smartphone sensors. This technology relies on communication between the e-bike and smartphone via Bluetooth. Supplemental user feedback will be collected when needed.

Using the instrumentation platform, collect travel behavior data of real e-bike users throughout the country. (Travel behavior data includes origin, destination, route, time, and speed information for trips taken with the e-bike.) Create travel behavior models based on the data collected, and assess differences between various metro areas.

Evaluate the sustainability of e-bikes based on travel behavior models and mode substitution surveys. (Mode substitution refers to a mode that would have been taken had the e-bike not been available.) This gives us information about avoided greenhouse gas emissions due to the use of an e-bike.