The Shared Bicycle and Its Network—Internet of Shared Bicycle (IoSB): A Review and Survey

With the expansion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in smart cities, the shared bicycle has developed quickly as a new green public transportation mode, and is changing the travel habits of citizens heavily across the world, especially in China. The purpose of the current paper is to provide an inclusive review and survey on shared bicycle besides its benefits, history, brands and comparisons. In addition, it proposes the concept of the Internet of Shared Bicycle (IoSB) for the first time, as far as the authors know, to find a feasible solution for those technical problems of the shared bicycle. The possible architecture of IoSB in the authors' opinion is presented, as well as most of key IoT technologies, and their capabilities to merge into and apply to the different parts of IoSB are introduced. Meanwhile, some challenges and barriers to IoSB’s implementation are expressed thoroughly too. As far as the advice for overcoming those barriers be concerned, the IoSB’s potential aspects and applications in smart city with respect to technology development in the future provide another valuable further discussion in this paper.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3390/s18082581
• Record URL:
  • http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/8/2581
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/14248220
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 Shu Shen et al.
• Authors:
  • Shen, Shu
  • Wei, Zhao-Qing
  • Sun, Li-Juan
  • Su, Yang-Qing
  • Wang, Ru-Chuan
  • Jiang, Han-Ming
• Publication Date: 2018-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 24p
• Serial:
  • Sensors
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: MDPI AG
  • ISSN: 1424-8220
  • Serial URL: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Intelligent transportation systems; Internet; Networks; Sensors; Vehicle sharing; Wireless communication systems
• Identifier Terms: Internet of Shared Bicycle (IoSB)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01683407
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 16 2018 3:43PM