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T1 Analysis of real experiences using different sized bike sharing schemes in irish cities
A1 Jiménez, Pilar
A1 Nogal, Maria
K1 Bicicletas
K1 Bicycles
K1 Ingeniería civil
K1 Civil engineering
K1 Transporte
K1 Transportation
AB The first Irish public Bike Sharing Scheme (BSS) was launched in Dublin in 2009.Dublinbikes has been internationally recognised as one of the most successful bike-sharingrental schemes in the world. For this reason, among others, the cities of Cork, Limerick andGalway launched their own BSSs at the end of 2014.The objective of this paper is to compare the performance of the four BSSs during the firsttwo years of implementation in each Irish city according to endogenous factors, such as thephysical design of the schemes, and exogenous factors, such as city size and populationdensity. In terms of population, Limerick and Galway are small cities, Cork is a mediumsizedcity and Dublin is a large city. In consequence, the results cover the main relevantaspects of BSSs according to the size of the scheme, pointing out similarities and differencesamong BSS of different sizes. The main findings indicate that the number of daily rentalsper bike is a good metric from the point of view of the transport operator. However, a higherdensity of bikes, stations and docking points does not imply greater usage, whereas the sizeof the deployment area could be a key factor in improving bike usage. Finally, a synopsis ofthe essential aspects to consider when designing a BSS deployment based on types of usersin small cities is provided.
PB Universidad de Burgos. Servicio de Publicaciones e Imagen Institucional
SN 978-84-18465-12-3
YR 2021
FD 2021-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6854
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6854
LA eng
NO Trabajo presentado en: R-Evolucionando el transporte, XIV Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte (CIT 2021), realizado en modalidad online los días 6, 7 y 8 de julio de 2021, organizado por la Universidad de Burgos
NO The authors acknowledge Erasmus+ programme, specifically the Staff Mobility for Training — STT-2019/2020 — for partial support of this work.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 19-abr-2024