Research on bike-sharing travel behavior: A review of the Chinese language literature

Abstract

In recent years, with the development of information technology and the promotion of low-carbon concept, bike-sharing has gradually emerged in Chinese cities and become one of the daily travel modes for residents. Meanwhile, the research on bike-sharing travel behavior has become a hot topic in the field of urban transportation planning. However, due to the language barrier, relevant Chinese language literature is often neglected in the existing studies. To fill this gap, this paper provided a review of the Chinese literature that examines bike-sharing travel behaviors. Through bibliometric analysis, we found that recent papers in this area focused on the spatiotemporal characteristics, influencing factors and demand forecasting of bike-sharing trips. Further, we summarized the new data and methods adopted and the main findings obtained in these researches. In response to the current status of relevant studies, we concluded our insights on planning for a low-carbon cycling environment. Finally, we suggest that future directions should include the mining of socio-economic attributes of individual bike-sharing users, the influence of humanistic perception factors on bike-sharing trips, and the bike-sharing travel behavior in the post-pandemic era in China.