Bike Sharing Programs
This survey was published in Volume 23, Number 2 of the Urban Transportation Monitor on March 9, 2009
Survey consists of responses from five agencies that have either implemented or are planning a bike sharing program. Topics/questions regarding existing bike sharing programs include:
- What is the name of your bike sharing program?
- In which city and district of the city is your bike sharing program located?
- When did your bike sharing program start? (please provide month and year)
- How many bikes are in your bike sharing program?
- How many bike sharing locations (stations) are there in your program?
- Within how many square miles are your bike stations located?
- What factors were considered in locating bike stations?
- What is provided at your bike sharing stations?
- Briefly describe how a bike can be reserved, rented, and how payments are made.
- What is the cost to rent a bike?
- What is the fee imposed if a bike is not returned?
- How many bike rentals take place on a typical weekday and on a typical weekend day?
- Please provide your best estimate of the purposes for which bicycles are rented. For example: sightseeing: 50%; commuting: 30%; other: 30%.
- Approximately what percentage of the bikes rented needs to be redistributed among your bike stations?
- Which organization administers your bike sharing program?
- How many full time personnel are used to run the program (administration, operations and maintenance)?
- What is the capital cost of the implementation of your bike sharing program?
- What is the annual operating and maintenance cost of your bike sharing program?
- How is your bike sharing program funded?
- What percentage of your bikes has been lost thus far?
- How many months of the year is your bike sharing program operational?
- How is your bike sharing program insured against claims by users due to injury?
- What policies and programs are there in place to support the bike sharing program?
- What do you consider to be the best features of your bike sharing program?
- What do you consider to be the worst features of your bike sharing program?
- What advice would you give to those cities contemplating the implementation of a bike sharing program?
- Please provide a web address that provides additional information about your bike sharing program.
Topics/questions regarding planned bike sharing programs include:
- What is the name of your bike sharing program?
- In which city and district of the city will your bike sharing program be located?
- When will your bike sharing program become operational? (please provide month and year)
- How many bikes will be in your bike sharing program?
- How many bike sharing locations (stations) will there be in your program?
- Within how many square miles will your bike stations be located?
- What factors were/will be considered in locating bike stations?
- What will be provided at your bike sharing stations?
- Briefly describe how a bike will be able to be reserved, rented, and how payments are made.
- What is the proposed cost to rent a bike?
- What fee will be imposed if a bike is not returned?
- How many bike rentals are estimated to take place on a typical weekday and on a typical weekend day?
- Which organization will administer your bike sharing program?
- How many full time personnel are estimated to be necessary to run the program (administration, operations and maintenance)?
- What is the estimated capital cost of the implementation of your bike sharing program?
- What is the estimated annual operating and maintenance cost of your bike sharing program?
- How will your bike sharing program funded?
- How many months of the year will your bike sharing program be operational?
- How will your bike sharing program be insured against claims by users due to injury?
- What policies and programs are there in place to support the bike sharing program?
- Please provide a web address that provides additional information about your bike sharing program.
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