Analysis of the Multi-Scale Spatial Heterogeneity of Factors Influencing the Electric Bike-Sharing Travel Demand in Small and Medium-Sized Cities

作者：Xin Wang, Zhiyuan Peng, Xuefeng Li, Mingyang Du, Fangzheng Lyu, Jeon‐Young Kang, Kangjae Lee, Dong Liu · 发表于：Sustainability · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.3390/su172310437 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Transportation and Mobility Innovations、Urban Transport and Accessibility、Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure

The spatial heterogeneity of the electric bike-sharing (EBS) travel demand in small and medium-sized cities is influenced by a combination of the built environment, socio-economic gradients, transportation accessibility, and residents’ travel behavior patterns, and is significantly different from the shared travel characteristics of developed cities. In order to explore the influencing mechanisms of the EBS travel demand under different travel distance scales in small and medium-sized cities, this paper utilizes multi-source data from Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, including operational data of EBS and built environment data. This paper analyzes the impact of the built environment on the EBS travel demand and its spatial heterogeneity across various distance scales from a local perspective. The results demonstrate that the fit of the multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) model is superior to that of the geographically weighted regression (GWR) and the ordinary least squares (OLS) model. The explanatory variables exhibit significant spatial heterogeneity in their influence on the demand for EBS trips across different distance scenarios. The density of primary roads demonstrates a positive correlation with EBS travel demand in the western urban core area, but it is negatively correlated with travel demand in the eastern urban core area. Accommodation services show a negative correlation with long-distance EBS travel demand in the urban core area and the northern c...