E-bikes in the Mainstream: Reviewing a Decade of Research

Transport Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 72-91

  Fishman, Elliot ^a   Cherry, Christopher ^b  

^a Institute for Sensible Transport   (Australia)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; e bikes; environment; safety; transport and society

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

CHINA; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84950285848     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2015.1069907     Document Type: Article

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