Cost-benefit assessments of an e-bike subvention programme in Oslo, Norway

Knut Veisten, Aslak Fyhri, Askill Harkjerr Halse and Hanne Beate Sundfør

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2024, vol. 180, issue C

Abstract: In an attempt to increase the bicycle share in transport in Oslo, the municipality launched an e-bike subvention programme in 2016. One thousand persons were to receive a 20% subvention if they bought an e-bike, by registering via a municipal webpage on a first come first served basis. Nearly 700 ended up buying a subsidised e-bike. A connected research project surveyed subvention recipients and non-recipients, including registration of daily transport by cycle/e-bike, walk, car, and public transport, before the programme took effect, with a similar surveying after most of those qualifying for subvention had bought their e-bike. In this paper we assess the effects of the e-bike subvention in a cost-benefit analysis.

Keywords: External effect; Health; Internalize; Mode shift (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2024.103974

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