BIKE-SHARING-A NEW PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MODE: STATE OF THE PRACTICE & PROSPECTS
Bike-Sharing, as a new green public transportation mode, has been developed in several western cities. In this paper we systematically describe the development process and the state of art for the Bike-Sharing Program in the world. We investigated the characteristics of bicycle, business model, operating mechanism, current problems for Bike-sharing programs of the three metropolitan cities in Europe, and we also discussed the development mode and applicability of Bike-Sharing program. Then we provide guidelines thats where and how to establish the Bike-Sharing program in developing country with the consideration of the weather and topography of the target city. Finally, we discuss how to integrate the bike-sharing to existing transport mode and the future for bike-sharing program.
Bike-Sharing business mode operating mechanism integrated transportation
Shang Wang Liang Liu Jiangman Zhang Zheng-yu Duan
Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University Shang Postdoctoral Associate SENSEable City Laboratory, MIT, Massachusetts Avenue,Cambridge, MA, USA
国际会议
北京
英文
222-225
2010-08-08（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）