Description

In 2015, Google added a new transportation demand management (TDM) program to increase bike commuting to their two main campuses in Mountain View and Sunnyvale, California. An initial survey of employees indicated that bike ownership and worry about maintenance were primary bicycling barriers. With this information, Google began a program that loaned high-quality electric-assisted and conventional bicycles for a period of six months at no cost to interested employees. This research evaluates the effectiveness of the program at changing travel behavior to the corporate campuses by using self-reported and smartphone-integrated travel data. The lending program at Google represents one of, if not the largest, employer-sponsored bike and e-bike lending program in North America with over 1,000 bikes in its inventory. Thus, the evaluation of this program is a critical first step for understanding how bike lending can influence travel behavior in North American suburban contexts.

Publication Date

3-2022

Publication Type

Report

Topic

Active Transportation

Digital Object Identifier

10.31979/mti.2022.2051

MTI Project

2051

Mineta Transportation Institute URL

https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/2051-Ebike-Employer

Keywords

Transportation demand management, Bicycling, bike lending, e-bike, commute behavior

Disciplines

Infrastructure | Transportation

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2051-Executive Summary.pdf (1846 kB)
Executive Summary
2051-Fitch-RB-Ebike-Employer.pdf (582 kB)
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