Eliciting mobility preferences of Indians for e-rickshaws: evidence from Gurugram
Eliciting mobility preferences of Indians for e-rickshaws: evidence from Gurugram
The Government of India has approved e-rickshaws in 2015 to make paratransit services more environmentally friendly. This approval has resulted in a substantial influx of e-rickshaws across India, but little is known about the demand side of e-rickshaws. By collecting stated preferences and revealed travel patterns of 800 respondents from the city of Gurugram, we quantify the individuals’ willingness to shift to e-rickshaws from their current travel mode and their willingness to pay to use e-rickshaws for their first-mile travel. Our results indicate that e-rickshaws are perceived as a cheaper travel mode, perhaps the predominant factor driving the shift of a large demand to e-rickshaws. Moreover, e-rickshaws are likely to take away market share from other paratransit modes and walking instead of personalized travel modes. Thus, the net congestion and emission impact of e-rickshaws need to be evaluated in deciding the number of e-rickshaws allowed to operate in a city.
E-rickshaw, First mile, Paratransit, Sustainability, Willingness to pay
19-30
Bansal, Prateek
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Gadepalli, Ravi
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AitBihiOuali, Laila
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16 February 2023
Bansal, Prateek
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Gadepalli, Ravi
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AitBihiOuali, Laila
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Bansal, Prateek, Gadepalli, Ravi and AitBihiOuali, Laila
(2023)
Eliciting mobility preferences of Indians for e-rickshaws: evidence from Gurugram.
Transport Policy, 134, .
(doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2023.02.006).
Abstract
The Government of India has approved e-rickshaws in 2015 to make paratransit services more environmentally friendly. This approval has resulted in a substantial influx of e-rickshaws across India, but little is known about the demand side of e-rickshaws. By collecting stated preferences and revealed travel patterns of 800 respondents from the city of Gurugram, we quantify the individuals’ willingness to shift to e-rickshaws from their current travel mode and their willingness to pay to use e-rickshaws for their first-mile travel. Our results indicate that e-rickshaws are perceived as a cheaper travel mode, perhaps the predominant factor driving the shift of a large demand to e-rickshaws. Moreover, e-rickshaws are likely to take away market share from other paratransit modes and walking instead of personalized travel modes. Thus, the net congestion and emission impact of e-rickshaws need to be evaluated in deciding the number of e-rickshaws allowed to operate in a city.
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Accepted/In Press date: 5 February 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 February 2023
Published date: 16 February 2023
Keywords:
E-rickshaw, First mile, Paratransit, Sustainability, Willingness to pay
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Local EPrints ID: 487130
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/487130
ISSN: 0967-070X
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Prateek Bansal
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Ravi Gadepalli
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