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Docked bicycles in Gothenburg, Sweden. A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, [1] public bicycle scheme, [2] or public bike share (PBS) scheme, [3] is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
A bicycle sharing system, public bicycle system, or bike share scheme, is a service in which bicycles are made available for shared use to individuals on a very short-term basis. Bike share schemes allow people to borrow a bike from point "A" and return it at point "B". Many of the bicycle sharing systems are on a subscription basis.
Lyft Urban Solutions, formerly PBSC Urban Solutions and originally Public Bike System Company, is an international bicycle-sharing system equipment vendor with their headquarters based in Longueuil, Quebec. The company develops bicycle-sharing systems, equipment, parts, and software, and sells its products to cities in Canada, the United States ...
Fuzhou Public Bicycle June 2011: Guangzhou [44] [45] GZ-Public Bicycle June 2010: Haikou: April 2013: Haining: Haining Public Bicycle October 2012: Hangzhou [46] [47] Hangzhou Public Bicycle: October 2008: Heihe: May 2012: Heze: April 2014: Hohhot: October 2013: Huaian [48] Huaian Public Bicycle October 2013: Huaibei: Huaibei Public Bicycle ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pronto Cycle Share; Public bicycle rental service in South Korea; R. Red Bike; Rekola; Relay ...
[5] [6] [7] Experiments done in Africa (Uganda and Tanzania) and Sri Lanka on hundreds of households have shown that a bicycle can increase the income of a poor family by as much as 35%. [5] [8] [9] Transport, if analyzed for the cost–benefit analysis for rural poverty alleviation, has given one of the best returns in this regard.
The Hangzhou Public Bicycle system in China, the largest bicycle sharing system in the world [11] Bicycle-sharing systems allow users to access and use a shared fleet of bicycles, typically located within a given spatial boundary. These systems are mostly concentrated in cities or other urban areas and bikes or stations are normally unattended ...
The bike sharing schemes can be initiated by cities and franchise partners. The operating costs are financed by contracts with public transport providers & municipalities, rental fees and the sale of advertising space on the bikes themselves. nextbike also provides mobility programmes for colleges or universities and companies.