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Both passenger and last-mile goods transportation can benefit from such systems and, in fact, bike sharing (dockless or with docking stations) is increasing worldwide, especially in Europe. This research focused on a European city, Lisbon, and the e-bike sharing system GIRA, in its early deployment, in 2018, where it had about 409 bikes of which 30% were non-electric conventional bikes and 70% were e-bikes. The research aims at answering the main research questions: (1) What is the number of trips per day and travel time in conventional bikes and e-bikes?; (2) Do the daily usage peaks follow the trends of other modes of transport in terms of rush hours?; (3) Are there seasonality patterns in its use (weekdays and weekends, workdays and holiday periods)?; (4) How do climate conditions affect its use?; and finally, (5) What would be the impact on final energy consumption and GHG emissions? The dataset for 2018 regarding GIRA trips (distance, time, conventional or e-bike, docking station origin and destination) and weather (temperature, wind speed, relative humidity, precipitation) was available from Lisbon City Hall by means of the program \u201cLisboa aberta\u201d. Data regarding the profile of the users (which trips GIRA replaces?) and data regarding electricity consumption were not available. The latter was estimated by means of literature e-bike data and electric motor specifications combined with powertrain efficiency. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were estimated by using the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) CO2 equivalents and a spreadsheet simulator for the Portuguese electricity GHG intensity, which was adaptable to other countries\/locations. In a private car fleet dominated by fossil fuels and internal combustion engines, the e-bike sharing system is potentially avoiding 36 Ton GHG\/year and reducing the energy consumption by 451 GJ\/year. If the modal shift occurs from walking or urban bus to an e-bike sharing system, the impact will be detrimental for the environment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/en15186725","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,14]],"date-time":"2022-09-14T20:50:45Z","timestamp":1663188645000},"page":"6725","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["City-Level E-Bike Sharing System Impact on Final Energy Consumption and GHG Emissions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Mariana","family":"Raposo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1250-096 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1439-9214","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carla","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Meddin, R., DeMaio, P., O\u2019Brien, O., Rabello, R., Yu, C., Seamon, J., and Thiago, B. 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