A Comparison of Users’ Characteristics Between Public Bicycle Scheme & Bike Sharing Scheme: Case Study in Hangzhou, China

The paper takes Public Bike Scheme (PBS) and Bike Sharing Scheme (BSS) as two targets, in the hope to dig out the relationship between users and use frequency of the services for each scheme, and how the relationship varies from scheme to scheme. To achieve this, studies are carried out focusing on three questions: “who are using these two bicycle services?”; “what are the factors influencing the use frequency of both bicycle systems?”; and “which specific level of the factors influencing the use frequency of both bicycle schemes?” To collect data from users, a survey was designed containing questions for user attributes and service experience and conducted jointly on-line and on-site at four locations with mixed land use in Hangzhou, China. Analysis results show that PBS and BSS have similar user structure but different factors influence use frequency. Based on analysis results, from the user perspective, PBS’s strength is to have good quality with low cost while BSS is more flexible and free to use. Finally, recommendations for PBS are to involve more technology to expand its range to aided bikes for senior citizens and open the access for a mobile renting system, whereas for BSS, it is critical to get government cooperation and for operators to add parking area restrictions into the cellphone application, and create an on-line platform where users can find all the shared bike information.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE90 Standing Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries. Alternate title: A Comparison of Users’ Characteristics Between Public Bicycle Scheme and Bikesharing Scheme: A Case Study in Hangzhou, China
• Authors:
  • Chen, Mengwei
  • Wang, Dianhai
  • Sun, Yilin
  • Waygood, E Owen D
  • Yang, Wentao
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
• Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle travel; Bicycles; Case studies; Costs; Cyclists; Quality of service; Surveys; Vehicle sharing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Attributes (Features); Trip frequency
• Geographic Terms: Hangzhou (China)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01658476
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 18-05874
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 2018 10:37AM