Identifying Effective Criteria for Promoting Citizens to Accept and Use Shared Bicycle Systems in the World

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors
ali soltani 1
Mohammad Ali Khanizadeh 2
1 Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2 Master of Urban Planning, Shiraz Municipality, Iran
10.22119/jte.2023.355460.2612
Abstract
Shared bicycle systems are proposed to respond to urban mobility challenges as a healthy, efficient and relatively cheap means of transportation. Although these systems are widely implemented around the world, there are still challenges for implementation. The implementation of shared bicycle projects represents an important innovation in urban public transportation. These plans have spread rapidly and now exist all over the world in cities with different economic, environmental and structural conditions. Developing strategies through which to attract new members to join the plan and retain existing members is a fundamental requirement for the success of the plan. The purpose of this research is to identify the effective criteria on citizens' acceptance and use of shared bicycles with the method of synthesis research. The unit of analysis in this research is all English-language articles published in reputable foreign journals with quantitative analyzes on the identification of these factors. By searching in various scientific databases and carefully examining the articles, finally 30 articles related to the topic were found. The seven-step model of Sandelowski and Baros was used to analyze the obtained articles. The results show that the most important criteria affecting the acceptance of shared bicycles by citizens are perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, attitude, facilitating conditions, cost, service quality, infrastructure, user satisfaction, environmental concern, social effects. , mental norms and the theory of planned behavior.

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Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 15, Issue 2 - Serial Number 59
Winter 2024
Pages 3527-3547

  • Receive Date 31 August 2022
  • Revise Date 28 January 2023
  • Accept Date 28 January 2023