Carl Eppich of PACTS presents at GrowSmart Maine's Forum: 21st Century Transportation: Shared Vehicles, E-Bikes and their Implications for a Smart Growth Economy in Maine

1. 21st Century
Transportation
Shared Vehicles, E-Bikes and
their Implications for a Smart
Growth Economy in Maine

2. Shared Vehicles (cars)

6. eBikes

7. • 2014 study A Global High Shift
Scenario: Impacts and
Potential for More Public
Transport, Walking, and
Cycling with Lower Car Use.
• A global assessment of the
potential for increasing travel
on sustainable, efficient modes
while concurrently developing
cities that are far less car-
dependent.
Global High-Shift Scenario

8. Global High-Shift Scenario
The researchers have:
• Undertaken a bigger effort to collect and tabulate data on cycling
and electric bicycle (e-bike) ridership around the world, finding
higher ridership levels than previously estimated;
• Developed better estimates of recent cycling trends by region;
• Created the new High Shift Cycling (HSC) scenario for 2030 and
2050, taking into account cities that currently have high cycling
levels, typical trip distances, and other factors;
• Reestimated the potential impacts of high cycling and e-biking
levels on energy use, CO2 emissions, and a range of cost factors.

9. • High mode share:
Amsterdam Copenhagen
York in the United Kingdom
and many cities in India, China
-- 15 % of trips—
Even in the US more than 35
percent of trips <3 miles
Bicycling / eBikes

10. • E-bikes are not included
in mode share reporting
by all but a few cities
• Include increasing the
range of potential travel
distances
• Reduce cycling effort in
hilly cities, and
• Provide mobility to
population groups that
are not entirely
comfortable using
bicycles
Bicycling / eBikes

11. eBikes

12. PACTS Regional Bicycle
Wayfinding System

13. PACTS
Priority
Corridors
and
Priority
Centers