{"id":34036,"date":"2016-06-22T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-09T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:31:13","slug":"9036-chinese-cities-crack-down-on-electric-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/pollution\/9036-chinese-cities-crack-down-on-electric-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese cities crack down on electric bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Users of electric bikes are the latest target of Beijing\u2019s ongoing campaign to bring order to its chaotic, traffic-clogged streets.<\/p>\n<p>Since April, Beijing\u2019s city government said electric bikes, also known as e-bikes, would be banned from 10 major city centre roads, including Chang\u2019an Avenue, a main thoroughfare, and its side streets.<\/p>\n<p>Users of e-bikes, which are ubiquitous in many Chinese cities, have been penalised for ignoring traffic rules and threatening public safety by mounting kerbs and colliding with pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/business\/6929-electric-bicycles-moving-from-niche-to-mainstream\/\">See also: Electric bicycles moving from niche to mainstream<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/transport\/4855-exporting-china-s-e-bike-marvel\/\">See also: Exporting China&#8217;s e-bike marvel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beijing currently has four million e-bikes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/auto\/2016-04\/05\/c_128863227.htm\">media reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation authority statistics show 31,404 accidents last year involved e-bikes, with 113 people killed and 21,423 injured, accounting for 37% of all traffic accident injuries.<\/p>\n<p>But critics of the e-bike ban say the government is overreacting, and that better urban planning, such as dedicated lanes for e-bikes, would reduce the number of collisions with pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>More crucially, experts say a \u00a0ban on\u00a0e-bikes would likely boost the sales of cars, which contribute to dangerously high levels of particulate pollution in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>According to research released last year, pollution from vehicles accounts for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadialogue.net\/blog\/7829-Cars-the-main-culprit-for-Beijing-s-smog-govt-figures\/en\">a third of Beijing\u2019s smog<\/a>, prompting the city\u2019s government to impose tougher curbs on car use, including plans for a congestion charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we do away with them (e-bikes) people will have no option but to buy cars, which are larger and polluting, Chou Baoxing, a State Council advisor and former minister for housing and urban-rural development, said in an interview with <em>Caijing<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The car manufacturers would likely benefit, and traffic police will deal with fewer offences, but the city\u2019s environment will suffer, with poorer air quality and increased congestion,\u00a0Chou added.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that e-bikes, which are low carbon and suitable for an ageing population, have a valuable role in China\u2019s sprawling, congested and fast growing cities.<\/p>\n<p>Liu Daizong, head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wri.org.cn\/en\">World Resources Institute\u2019s<\/a> China Sustainable Transport project, said that if the ban isn\u2019t accompanied by preferential measures for alternative modes of transport, such as (non-motorised) bicycle and bus lanes, then electric bicycle owners will likely buy cars instead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/He_Zuoxiu\">He Zuoxiu<\/a>, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told <em>chinadialogue<\/em> that the ban is a test to see how the public reacts. \u201cIf there isn\u2019t much opposition, it\u2019s very likely the ban will be extended to other roads, and other cities in China,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in Shezhen 18,000 electric bicycles were confiscated in March this year, with 874 people arrested. Confiscated bicycles were piled up below overpasses, in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.163.com\/photoview\/00AP0001\/114869.html#p=BJKVIA8500AP0001&amp;from=tj_review\">bicycle graveyards<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bike nation <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>China was once a land of bicycles. In 1994, almost every household owned two bicycles; across the country, there were only 2 million private cars (according to the Chinese Statistical Yearbook). By 2013 the number had shot up to 100 million cars; a 50-fold increase. Today, Beijing alone has 5.61 million vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>And as the traditional-type bicycle fell from favour, e-bikes became more popular. Figures from industry website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evtimes.cn\/html\/201406\/52409.html\">evtimes.cn<\/a> show there are 200 million electric bicycle users in China; that\u2019s one in seven people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being more affordable, e-bikes sell better than cars in China and the fastest models sell best.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent e-bike standards were last issued in 1999. These require that e-bikes\u00a0weigh no more than 40 kilogrammes; go no faster than 20 kilometres per hour; and have foot pedals built-in.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Under current regulations, road authorities can stop and penalise bikes in breach of these standards, with drivers subject to fines (though in reality most go unpunished). However, the public wants to see these outdated standards revamped.<\/p>\n<p>At this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/energytransition.de\/\">\u201ctwin sessions\u201d<\/a> political conference in Bejing, National Representative Zhang Tianren said 95% of electric bicycles failed to meet the 1999 standards. If true, this means that over 100 million e-bikes on the roads aren\u2019t actually legal.<\/p>\n<p>Restrictions on e-bikes\u00a0aren\u2019t just a matter for commuters \u2013 many other sectors are affected, including courier businesses and food deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang, an e-bike rider at courier company Shentong Express, told <em>chinadialogue<\/em> that if his speed was limited to 20 kilometres per hour (in keeping with the 1999 standards), he wouldn\u2019t be able to make so many collections and deliveries, damaging his income.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Going national<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t Beijing\u2019s first such clampdown. He Zuoxiu told <em>chinadialogue<\/em> that over 10 years ago, the car industry lobbied the city government to discourage e-bikes\u00a0\u2013 but widespread opposition meant their efforts were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, complaints have grown about e-bike users ignoring traffic rules.<\/p>\n<p>With the regulations unclear, these small and manoeuvrable vehicles often switch between bicycle and vehicle lanes and the pavement, slowing down faster-moving cars and intimidating pedestrians\u00a0and\u00a0those on traditional bikes.<\/p>\n<p>Divisions of roads into vehicle lanes, bicycle lanes and pavements, which were made decades ago,\u00a0have failed to keep up with the increasingly diverse modes of transport in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectric bicycles themselves aren\u2019t evil,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/wri.org.cn\/node\/41371\">Liu Daizong<\/a>, who added that accidents involving cars cause much more harm than other forms of transport.<\/p>\n<p>Offering potential solutions to the problem, Liu said electric bicycles should be categorised according to maximum speed, with driving licences needed to ride faster categories; better allocation of priority on the roads; and strict enforcement of traffic rules.<\/p>\n<p>That way, safety could be improved and the environmental benefits of e-bikes retained in cities that have increasingly tough targets on cutting pollution and carbon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to curb electric bikes could drive up car sales, pollution and congestion, reports Liu 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