Exploring Intention to Use Shared Electric Bicycles by the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior
School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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Sustainability 2021, 13(8), 4137; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084137
Received: 18 March 2021 / Revised: 31 March 2021 / Accepted: 6 April 2021 / Published: 8 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
In China, shared electric bicycles are developing rapidly, and are widely used by residents. Understanding the factors that affect residents’ intention to use shared electric bicycles is important for implementing a policy of developing sustainable transportation. A sample of 751 respondents has been collected in a small-sized Chinese city to analyze residents’ intention to use shared electric bicycles, using an extended theory of planned behavior model. The findings reveal that the research model can well explain residents’ intention to use shared electric bicycles. Attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control have direct positive effects on the intention to use shared electric bicycles. Among them, the subjective norm has the greatest impact on the intention to use shared electric bicycles. Environmental concern and policy support have indirect positive effects on the intention to use shared electric bicycles through the partial mediation of attitude and subjective norm. Based on the above analysis, some measures are proposed to guide the development of shared electric bicycles.
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Keywords:
shared electric bicycle; extended theory of planned behavior; environmental concern; policy support
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Li, J.; Shen, J.; Jia, B. Exploring Intention to Use Shared Electric Bicycles by the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4137. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084137
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Li J, Shen J, Jia B. Exploring Intention to Use Shared Electric Bicycles by the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. Sustainability. 2021; 13(8):4137. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084137
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Jun; Shen, Jiachao; Jia, Bicen. 2021. "Exploring Intention to Use Shared Electric Bicycles by the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior" Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4137. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084137
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