How to know if your city needs bike share

HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR CITY NEEDS BIKE SHARE 10 questions city administrators should ask when considering bike share for their city

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This brief guide has been prepared by Bike Share

Studies, a vendor-neutral bike share consultancy.

Leading our team are Dr. Steven Fleming, an

international thought leader in the field of bicycle

urbanism, and Monica Zarafu, an expert in innovative

transport solutions, who has implemented a small but

successful system in Newcastle and provided

operations management services for systems all

around Australia.

Bike share is an innovative approach to urban mobility

that allows users to take short trips using a fleet of

public bicycles distributed within a physical or digital

network, available at fixed or mobile locations. Bike

sharing has a great potential to bridge the gap between

existing, conventional transit networks and active

travel. First established in the Netherlands in 1965, the

public bike sharing concept has seen a rapid expansion

in the last decade, growing from less than 100 cities in

2005 to more than 900 cities in 2015. The benefits of

this transport system include: increased mobility,

health benefits, social equity, low environmental

impact, and reduced transportation costs. Bike sharing

increases liveability and provides land value capture by

improving a city's image and accessibility, by

generating investment in local industries and by

boosting tourism.

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Is your city or town too small for bike sharing?

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Is your city so congested that it really needs bike share?

Are there enough jobs in your city within biking range?

Is Your city's population too old to use bike share?

Is your city too hilly for bike share?

Will bike sharing be financially viable in your city?

Are riding conditions in your city sufficiently safe and inviting?

Can Bike Share Studies help you go forward?

How should you proceed?

What other services can Bike Share Studies provide?

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This brief guide has been prepared by Bike Share

Studies, a vendor-neutral bike share consultancy.

Leading our team are Dr. Steven Fleming, an

international thought leader in the field of bicycle

urbanism, and Monica Zarafu, an expert in innovative

transport solutions, who has implemented a small but

successful system in Newcastle and provided

operations management services for systems all

around Australia.

Bike share is an innovative approach to urban mobility

that allows users to take short trips using a fleet of

public bicycles distributed within a physical or digital

network, available at fixed or mobile locations. Bike

sharing has a great potential to bridge the gap between

existing, conventional transit networks and active

travel. First established in the Netherlands in 1965, the

public bike sharing concept has seen a rapid expansion

in the last decade, growing from less than 100 cities in

2005 to more than 900 cities in 2015. The benefits of

this transport system include: increased mobility,

health benefits, social equity, low environmental

impact, and reduced transportation costs. Bike sharing

increases liveability and provides land value capture by

improving a city's image and accessibility, by

generating investment in local industries and by

boosting tourism.

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Is your city or town too small for bike sharing?

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Is your city so congested that it really needs bike share?

Are there enough jobs in your city within biking range?

Is Your city's population too old to use bike share?

Is your city too hilly for bike share?

Will bike sharing be financially viable in your city?

Are riding conditions in your city sufficiently safe and inviting?

Can Bike Share Studies help you go forward?

How should you proceed?

What other services can Bike Share Studies provide?

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Q1.Is your city or town too small for bike sharing?With all the press about bike sharing focusing

on big cities like London, New York and Paris,

we can easily believe bike sharing is

something for large cities only. The reality is

very different. More than 1000 cities now have

bike sharing (see

for their locations), their average size

comparable to an Australian regional centre.

It should be noted as well that bike sharing

schemes rarely extend into hilly districts or

sprawling suburbs whose residents

contribute to the population count. Boulder,

Colorado is an already small city (100K

residents) where the bike sharing scheme

survives on the patronage of a hand full of

neighbourhoods plus the down-town.

www.bikesharingmap.com

It is helpful to know too that even a very

small system can have a meaningful impact

on a small city. It meant so much to the

people of Christchurch, New Zealand, to

have a bike sharing system that 9 local

c o m p a n i e s a n d 4 5 0 i n d i v i d u a l s

crowdfunded the establishment of a 30 bike

fleet with 6 stations.

You should not let its smallness be the thing

that stops you from looking further into the

viability of bike sharing for your city or town.

Miami Beach with a population of 87,779

implemented the first bike share system in

2011, consisting of 115 stations and

1,000 bikes. The network was designed to

service an area of 16.32 square km with a

population of 72,443 but its main purpose

was to target tourists. In 2012, the

operator reported over 1 mil trips. In

December 2014, the program expanded

from the beach to the downtown area,

including Miami's financial district, arts

centre, art museum and marketplaces. In

March 2015, Miami, Miami Beach, Surfside

and Bay Harbour programs consolidated

in one large regional program of 1750

bikes in 170 stations as part of City of

Miami 's community engagement

program.

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Boulder, ColoradoBoulder, Colorado has a population of

97,385. The bike share system was

implemented to create a culture of riding

bikes for any trip at any time. In 1995, a

'green bike' program offered free bikes in

Boulder. Approx. 120 bikes were refurbished

by high school students and left unlocked on

the streets. At the end of 1996 only 40 bikes

were recovered. The 3rd generation bike

share system started in 2011 with 12 stations

and 85 bikes covering 2 square km and a

population of 7,215. The system expanded

to 22 stations and 110 bikes in 2013

covering an area of 12 square km targeting

people who work in downtown Boulder and

tourists. In 2014, the system expanded to the

University of Colorado totalling 39 stations

and 275 bikes. Total trips reported for 2014

were 43,143 reported by 7,374 riders, an

increase of 43% over 2013.

Image Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/BoulderCityscape.jpg

Miami Beach, Florida

Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida#/media/File:North_Beach_Miami_Beach.jpg

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Q1.Is your city or town too small for bike sharing?With all the press about bike sharing focusing

on big cities like London, New York and Paris,

we can easily believe bike sharing is

something for large cities only. The reality is

very different. More than 1000 cities now have

bike sharing (see

for their locations), their average size

comparable to an Australian regional centre.

It should be noted as well that bike sharing

schemes rarely extend into hilly districts or

sprawling suburbs whose residents

contribute to the population count. Boulder,

Colorado is an already small city (100K

residents) where the bike sharing scheme

survives on the patronage of a hand full of

neighbourhoods plus the down-town.

www.bikesharingmap.com

It is helpful to know too that even a very

small system can have a meaningful impact

on a small city. It meant so much to the

people of Christchurch, New Zealand, to

have a bike sharing system that 9 local

c o m p a n i e s a n d 4 5 0 i n d i v i d u a l s

crowdfunded the establishment of a 30 bike

fleet with 6 stations.

You should not let its smallness be the thing

that stops you from looking further into the

viability of bike sharing for your city or town.

Miami Beach with a population of 87,779

implemented the first bike share system in

2011, consisting of 115 stations and

1,000 bikes. The network was designed to

service an area of 16.32 square km with a

population of 72,443 but its main purpose

was to target tourists. In 2012, the

operator reported over 1 mil trips. In

December 2014, the program expanded

from the beach to the downtown area,

including Miami's financial district, arts

centre, art museum and marketplaces. In

March 2015, Miami, Miami Beach, Surfside

and Bay Harbour programs consolidated

in one large regional program of 1750

bikes in 170 stations as part of City of

Miami 's community engagement

program.

Case Studies

Boulder, ColoradoBoulder, Colorado has a population of

97,385. The bike share system was

implemented to create a culture of riding

bikes for any trip at any time. In 1995, a

'green bike' program offered free bikes in

Boulder. Approx. 120 bikes were refurbished

by high school students and left unlocked on

the streets. At the end of 1996 only 40 bikes

were recovered. The 3rd generation bike

share system started in 2011 with 12 stations

and 85 bikes covering 2 square km and a

population of 7,215. The system expanded

to 22 stations and 110 bikes in 2013

covering an area of 12 square km targeting

people who work in downtown Boulder and

tourists. In 2014, the system expanded to the

University of Colorado totalling 39 stations

and 275 bikes. Total trips reported for 2014

were 43,143 reported by 7,374 riders, an

increase of 43% over 2013.

Image Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/BoulderCityscape.jpg

Miami Beach, Florida

Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida#/media/File:North_Beach_Miami_Beach.jpg


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Q2.Is your city so congested that it really needs bike share? Congestion is the #1 pressing dilemma

behind the establishment of bike sharing in

major cities. Helping people swap short car

trips for bike trips maintains traffic flows for

those who do need to drive. The world's

largest bike sharing system, in Hangzhou,

China, was designed to feed train stations so

fewer people would drive. (Stations in New

York are strategically placed to ease

congestion on trains!)

While most Australian cities and towns are

too small and too well endowed with road

infrastructure to have excessive average

trips times, they are experiencing

congestion in the very places they can least

afford it. It is hardly ideal to have drivers

circling looking for parking near beaches,

hospitals, campuses, entertainment venues,

eat streets and civic gathering places.

Encouraging bike trips to and between such

attractions, or from park-and-ride facilities,

can enhance their appeal and the overall

desirability of your city in general.

Q3.Are there enough jobs in your city within biking range? In cities with a large concentration of office

jobs in the CBD, most bike share use is for

getting to work (Washington DC, 43%;

London, 52%). That percentage is likely to be

lower in a city that serves farming regions or

mines, or that has heavy industrial zones

some drive away. In these cases ABS data can

give an indication of likely commuter related

demand from the service and retail sectors. It

will often be the case that bike share will find

recreational uses - in Brisbane 65% of casual

use is for sightseeing or leisure.

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Image source: Peak Hour Traffic Photo: Source: Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia https://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/6768077907/

Image source: "Capital Bikeshare demo Times Sq jeh" by Jim.henderson - Own work. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capital_Bikeshare_demo_Times_Sq_jeh.jpg#/media/File:Capital_Bikeshare_demo_Times_Sq_jeh.jpg

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Q2.Is your city so congested that it really needs bike share? Congestion is the #1 pressing dilemma

behind the establishment of bike sharing in

major cities. Helping people swap short car

trips for bike trips maintains traffic flows for

those who do need to drive. The world's

largest bike sharing system, in Hangzhou,

China, was designed to feed train stations so

fewer people would drive. (Stations in New

York are strategically placed to ease

congestion on trains!)

While most Australian cities and towns are

too small and too well endowed with road

infrastructure to have excessive average

trips times, they are experiencing

congestion in the very places they can least

afford it. It is hardly ideal to have drivers

circling looking for parking near beaches,

hospitals, campuses, entertainment venues,

eat streets and civic gathering places.

Encouraging bike trips to and between such

attractions, or from park-and-ride facilities,

can enhance their appeal and the overall

desirability of your city in general.

Q3.Are there enough jobs in your city within biking range? In cities with a large concentration of office

jobs in the CBD, most bike share use is for

getting to work (Washington DC, 43%;

London, 52%). That percentage is likely to be

lower in a city that serves farming regions or

mines, or that has heavy industrial zones

some drive away. In these cases ABS data can

give an indication of likely commuter related

demand from the service and retail sectors. It

will often be the case that bike share will find

recreational uses - in Brisbane 65% of casual

use is for sightseeing or leisure.


Image source: Peak Hour Traffic Photo: Source: Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia https://www.flickr.com/photos/proimos/6768077907/

Image source: "Capital Bikeshare demo Times Sq jeh" by Jim.henderson - Own work. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capital_Bikeshare_demo_Times_Sq_jeh.jpg#/media/File:Capital_Bikeshare_demo_Times_Sq_jeh.jpg

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London (571 stations/8000 bikes) only 2.5% of travel time was accounted for people aged more than 60 in 2012

compared to 78% by those aged between 15 and 44.

http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g425

Arlington County andCity of Alexandria

Capital BikeShare with more than 1650 bikes in the District of Columbia, Arlington County and City of Alexandria

and a total of 22,200 members reported only 6% of users are between 60-74 years old based on a survey of

11,100 members with a total response rate of 34%.

( )http://www.capitalbikeshare.com/assets/pdf/CABI-2013SurveyReport.pdf

London

Is Your City's population too old to use bike share?

Is your city too hilly for bike share?In cities with hills that have bike share,

stations are concentrated on low-lying land

and cyclists tend to use level routes - beside

water, for instance. It is the level ground of

most Australian cities that is most

developed, thanks to our cities growing

around docklands, rail lines and level ground

suited to horses. So far none of the cities Bike

Share Studies has mapped has been so hilly,

or broken by hills, for topography to be

considered a barrier to a viable bike sharing

system.

The problem of hills can be mitigated, in

part, by the addition of eBikes to the bike

sharing fleet. Copenhagen, Madrid, Zurich,

Stuttgart, Hangzhou, Jincheng and

numerous cities in Italy and Japan have

added e-bikes to their bike share programs,

with Barcelona and Milan planning to follow

in 2016. eBikes overcome hills, heat and

distance. Systems that use them require

slightly less rebalancing of stations - users of

pedal-only bikes seldom return them to

stations at higher elevations. The obvious

disadvantage is that users have to pay more

to cover the additional cost of an eBike.

Q4. Q5.


Image source: Councilor Mrs Kofler-Peintner presenting the second of two REZIPE charging stations,together with the REZIPE e-bikes, City of Bolzano, Italy.http://www.rezipe.eu/index.php?id=21&ID1=4

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Some of the best-used and established bike

sharing schemes are in countries like Spain

and Italy with low birth rates and ageing

populations. That notwithstanding, if your

city or town has experienced an exodus of

young people, or an influx of retirees, you

should be mindful of lower patronage rates

among seniors. It is especially the case in

busy cities with challenging cycling

conditions that bike share is preferred by the

young, for example in London where 78% of

all trips are by those aged 15-44. But even in

Arlington/Alexandria, Virginia, USA only 6%

of users of bike share are between 60 and 74.


London (571 stations/8000 bikes) only 2.5% of travel time was accounted for people aged more than 60 in 2012

compared to 78% by those aged between 15 and 44.

http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g425

Arlington County andCity of Alexandria

Capital BikeShare with more than 1650 bikes in the District of Columbia, Arlington County and City of Alexandria

and a total of 22,200 members reported only 6% of users are between 60-74 years old based on a survey of

11,100 members with a total response rate of 34%.

( )http://www.capitalbikeshare.com/assets/pdf/CABI-2013SurveyReport.pdf

London

Is Your City's population too old to use bike share? Some of the best-used and established bike

sharing schemes are in countries like Spain

and Italy with low birth rates and ageing

populations. That notwithstanding, if your

city or town has experienced an exodus of

young people, or an influx of retirees, you

should be mindful of lower patronage rates

among seniors. It is especially the case in

busy cities with challenging cycling

conditions that bike share is preferred by the

young, for example in London where 78% of

all trips are by those aged 15-44. But even in

Arlington/Alexandra in British Columbia,

(where conditions are similarly relaxed to

most Australian cities), only 6% of users of

bike share are between 60 and 74.

Is your city too hilly for bike share?In cities with hills that have bike share,

stations are concentrated on low-lying land

and cyclists tend to use level routes - beside

water, for instance. It is the level ground of

most Australian cities that is most

developed, thanks to our cities growing

around docklands, rail lines and level ground

suited to horses. So far none of the cities Bike

Share Studies has mapped has been so hilly,

or broken by hills, for topography to be

considered a barrier to a viable bike sharing

system.

The problem of hills can be mitigated, in

part, by the addition of eBikes to the bike

sharing fleet. Copenhagen, Madrid, Zurich,

Stuttgart, Hangzhou, Jincheng and

numerous cities in Italy and Japan have

added e-bikes to their bike share programs,

with Barcelona and Milan planning to follow

in 2016. eBikes overcome hills, heat and

distance. Systems that use them require

slightly less rebalancing of stations - users of

pedal-only bikes seldom return them to

stations at higher elevations. The obvious

disadvantage is that users have to pay more

to cover the additional cost of an eBike.

Q4. Q5.


Image source: Councilor Mrs Kofler-Peintner presenting the second of two REZIPE charging stations,together with the REZIPE e-bikes, City of Bolzano, Italy.http://www.rezipe.eu/index.php?id=21&ID1=4

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Q6.Will bike sharing be financially viable in your city? Because bike sharing operates on the

principle that trips are short and cheap, only

part of the cost of establishing and operating

a system can ever be covered by users.

Supplementary funding is required from

others who benefit. Corporate sponsors are

attracted by the prospect of brand exposure

all over a city, including in areas where

stationary advertising is banned. Cities

provide space for bike share because it

increases liveability and land value capture.

Sometimes local businesses support

stations because they bring customers.

Health care providers and insurers benefit in

the long term. Our preliminary reports offer

perspectives on the size and cost of systems

suitable for your city and first thoughts

about a range of possible sponsors.

Q7.Are riding conditions in your citysufficiently safe and inviting?The major barrier to people using bike share

in Australia is not our country's mandatory

helmet laws, but peoples' perception of

danger that tends to be artificially high. That

is because most Australians navigate their

cities via arterial road networks, thus, if they

encounter a cyclist, it will be at the edge of a

road designed for fast driving—doing

something most of us would never do due to

our risk aversion. What they have

encountered is a cyclist who is fearless and

fast, not one of Australia's many

neighbourhood cyclists navigating hidden

networks of what we call “cycle space”.

Because of their driver's-eye view of their

cities most Australian believe cycling is

dangerous. For some cities that is true:

cycling is too challenging for bike share to

succeed. In others though, quiet back

streets, parks and cycleways provide a

contiguous network of cycle space via which

an inexperienced rider can navigate their city

with no stress at all. Often times they will be

safer than if they were in central Amsterdam

where 68% of all trips are by bike.


Image source: Citi Bike station on Lafayette Street, NY. Author: Jim.hendersonhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_Lafayette_citibike_opening_jeh.jpg

Image source: Capital City Trail at Princes Park, Melbournehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_City_Trail

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Q6.Will bike sharing be financially viable in your city? Because bike sharing operates on the

principle that trips are short and cheap, only

part of the cost of establishing and operating

a system can ever be covered by users.

Supplementary funding is required from

others who benefit. Corporate sponsors are

attracted by the prospect of brand exposure

all over a city, including in areas where

stationary advertising is banned. Cities

provide space for bike share because it

increases liveability and land value capture.

Sometimes local businesses support

stations because they bring customers.

Health care providers and insurers benefit in

the long term. Our preliminary reports offer

perspectives on the size and cost of systems

suitable for your city and first thoughts

about a range of possible sponsors.

Q7.Are riding conditions in your citysufficiently safe and inviting?The major barrier to people using bike share

in Australia is not our country's mandatory

helmet laws, but peoples' perception of

danger that tends to be artificially high. That

is because most Australians navigate their

cities via arterial road networks, thus, if they

encounter a cyclist, it will be at the edge of a

road designed for fast driving—doing

something most of us would never do due to

our risk aversion. What they have

encountered is a cyclist who is fearless and

fast, not one of Australia's many

neighbourhood cyclists navigating hidden

networks of what we call “cycle space”.

Because of their driver's-eye view of their

cities most Australian believe cycling is

dangerous. For some cities that is true:

cycling is too challenging for bike share to

succeed. In others though, quiet back

streets, parks and cycleways provide a

contiguous network of cycle space via which

an inexperienced rider can navigate their city

with no stress at all. Often times they will be

safer than if they were in central Amsterdam

where 68% of all trips are by bike.


Image source: Citi Bike station on Lafayette Street, NY. Author: Jim.hendersonhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_Lafayette_citibike_opening_jeh.jpg

Image source: Capital City Trail at Princes Park, Melbournehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_City_Trail

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Q8.Can Bike Share Studieshelp you go forward?

The first city, Launceston, Tasmania, offers

risk-averse cyclists the legal right to ride on

the footpath, but as the map shows,

footpaths are broken by regular driveway

crossings to busy car parks mid-block. Cars

have been observed to assume right-of-way

and race out from blind openings without

looking for people using the footpath. As for

carriageways, most handle arterial and

highway traffic that, in this city, passes

through the town centre. Remaining streets

are so hotly contested for their curb side car

parking that risk-averse cyclists don't feel

safe using these either. Launceston is not a

fine candidate for a bike sharing system.

The second image shows a small portion of a

map we produced for Newcastle City

Council. Because it is a larger city with

numerous commercial streets, a much larger

area had to be surveyed. Despite it being

illegal to ride on most footpaths, an

abundance of traffic-calmed residential back

streets, shared waterfront promenades, and

non-vehicular crossings over the former rail

easement make the city more permeable for

cyclists than it is for motorists. The orange

dots represent small and large magnets for

bike trips, with minor attractions like shops

having small dots, and large ones like pubs

and train stations having large dots.

Q9.How should you proceed?

Please contact us for an initial discussion

around existing plans for bike share in your

city. We will send you an example of our

previous work, from which you will see the

wide scope of our reports and our expertise.

From there we can define the scope of a

similar report for your city. With the

exception of large capital cities, the price of

our reports and cartographic services will

never exceed $10,000.


If after reading this guide you believe your city may be a candidate for the benefits of a bike

sharing scheme, Bike Share Studies can provide you with a low cost study to help you proceed.

The centrepiece of that study will be a “cycle space map” of your city. By surveying the continuity

of space in your city where a risk-averse cyclist would be happy to ride, we can answer the main

question of safety. Below are sample portions of maps of two cities we have surveyed previously.

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Q8.Can Bike Share Studieshelp you go forward?

The first city, Launceston, Tasmania, offers

risk-averse cyclists the legal right to ride on

the footpath, but as the map shows,

footpaths are broken by regular driveway

crossings to busy car parks mid-block. Cars

have been observed to assume right-of-way

and race out from blind openings without

looking for people using the footpath. As for

carriageways, most handle arterial and

highway traffic that, in this city, passes

through the town centre. Remaining streets

are so hotly contested for their curb side car

parking that risk-averse cyclists don't feel

safe using these either. Launceston is not a

fine candidate for a bike sharing system.

The second image shows a small portion of a

map we produced for Newcastle City

Council. Because it is a larger city with

numerous commercial streets, a much larger

area had to be surveyed. Despite it being

illegal to ride on most footpaths, an

abundance of traffic-calmed residential back

streets, shared waterfront promenades, and

non-vehicular crossings over the former rail

easement make the city more permeable for

cyclists than it is for motorists. The orange

dots represent small and large magnets for

bike trips, with minor attractions like shops

having small dots, and large ones like pubs

and train stations having large dots.

Q9.How should you proceed?

Please contact us for an initial discussion

around existing plans for bike share in your

city. We will send you an example of our

previous work, from which you will see the

wide scope of our reports and our expertise.

From there we can define the scope of a

similar report for your city.

By making our studies pointed and succinct

we are able to provide a low cost report, but

at the same time give objective advice on

whether or not, and how to proceed toward a

future with bike share.


If after reading this guide you believe your city may be a candidate for the benefits of a bike

sharing scheme, Bike Share Studies can provide you with a low cost study to help you proceed.

The centrepiece of that study will be a “cycle space map” of your city. By surveying the continuity

of space in your city where a risk-averse cyclist would be happy to ride, we can answer the main

question of safety. Below are sample portions of maps of two cities we have surveyed previously.

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As an academic Dr. Fleming has published over 40

articles and books, including Cycle Space,

Architecture and Urban Design in the Age of the

Bicycle, (NAi010, 2012) promoting the bicycle as the

chief paragon and protagonist of environmental

design. His design work maximises the mode of

maximum benefit to our health, wealth and planet,

while at the same time questioning the hegemony of

car-centric planning that does more to hurt walking

and public transport. Exhibitors of his designs

include the National Museum of Australia with press

coverage from CityLab, FastCompany, ArchDaily,

etc.. He is a draw-card speaker to institutes of

Architecture (New York, Rotterdam, Vancouver,

Singapore, Sydney etc.) and major events (the launch

of Europe by People, VeloCity, European

Cyclelogistics Federation, etc.). He has held

academic positions at the Universities of Canberra,

Tasmania and Newcastle in Australia and Harvard

and Columbia universities in the US. As a government

architect in Singapore he designed and project

managed 4 major developments including a total of

1810 dwelling units and designed a 2.4 hectare park,

an early example of his life mission to design active

environments. He currently directs the Cycle Space

International consultancy and the Cycle Space

Amsterdam accelerator group.

Monica ZarafuMonica Zarafu is a specialist in sustainable transport

solutions for twenty-first century urban forms, with over

20 years of academic, local government and industry

practice in Australia and overseas. Focusing on finding

a sustainable equilibrium between individual and

collective interests, she managed various projects in the

field of personal mobility, from Personal Rapid Transit

systems to Personal Mobility Devices, working with

governments and transport agencies in Romania and

Australia. Monica has given presentations at

prestigious forums and international conferences such

as the International Urban Planning and Environment

Symposium, the Planning Saloon in Sydney, the Healthy

Cities Conference in Geelong, Victoria or the PodCar

City Conference in Silicon Valley, USA. She is the

recipient of a number of scholarships and awards,

including a scholarship from CSIRO, the federal

government agency for scientific research in Australia

and the First Annual Martin Lowson Paper Award

conferred by the Advanced Transit Association (ATRA).

In recent years Monica has specialised in bike share

planning and operations. She founded InterBike

implementing and running a successful network of

automated bike stations in Newcastle, the Hunter Valley

and Sydney. Monica is a champion of bike sharing as a

transport system that is easy to implement,

environmental friendly and cost-effective.

Dr. Steven Fleming

Q10.What other services can Bike Share Studies provide?

Leading Team


Contact:

Dr. Steven Fleming – Senior Associate Urban Design

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +61 422 486 271

Contact:

Monica Zarafu – Senior Associate Transport


Phone: +61 403 508 101

Community workshops around bike sharing and bike transport

Continuing professional development seminars

Bike plans focussed on short trips from a combined architectural

and transport planning perspective

Full scale bike share feasibility studies, demand estimation and

the recommendations about station locations

Bike sharing business plan development and financial models

Our combined skills allow us to provide your city with:

s t u d i e s

bike share

s t u d i e s

bike share


As an academic Dr. Fleming has published over 40

articles and books, including Cycle Space,

Architecture and Urban Design in the Age of the

Bicycle, (NAi010, 2012) promoting the bicycle as the

chief paragon and protagonist of environmental

design. His design work maximises the mode of

maximum benefit to our health, wealth and planet,

while at the same time questioning the hegemony of

car-centric planning that does more to hurt walking

and public transport. Exhibitors of his designs

include the National Museum of Australia with press

coverage from CityLab, FastCompany, ArchDaily,

etc.. He is a draw-card speaker to institutes of

Architecture (New York, Rotterdam, Vancouver,

Singapore, Sydney etc.) and major events (the launch

of Europe by People, VeloCity, European

Cyclelogistics Federation, etc.). He has held

academic positions at the Universities of Canberra,

Tasmania and Newcastle in Australia and Harvard

and Columbia universities in the US. As a government

architect in Singapore he designed and project

managed 4 major developments including a total of

1810 dwelling units and designed a 2.4 hectare park,

an early example of his life mission to design active

environments. He currently directs the Cycle Space

International consultancy and the Cycle Space

Amsterdam accelerator group.

Monica ZarafuMonica Zarafu is a specialist in sustainable transport

solutions for twenty-first century urban forms, with over

20 years of academic, local government and industry

practice in Australia and overseas. Focusing on finding

a sustainable equilibrium between individual and

collective interests, she managed various projects in the

field of personal mobility, from Personal Rapid Transit

systems to Personal Mobility Devices, working with

governments and transport agencies in Romania and

Australia. Monica has given presentations at

prestigious forums and international conferences such

as the International Urban Planning and Environment

Symposium, the Planning Saloon in Sydney, the Healthy

Cities Conference in Geelong, Victoria or the PodCar

City Conference in Silicon Valley, USA. She is the

recipient of a number of scholarships and awards,

including a scholarship from CSIRO, the federal

government agency for scientific research in Australia

and the First Annual Martin Lowson Paper Award

conferred by the Advanced Transit Association (ATRA).

In recent years Monica has specialised in bike share

planning and operations. She founded InterBike

implementing and running a successful network of

automated bike stations in Newcastle, the Hunter Valley

and Sydney. Monica is a champion of bike sharing as a

transport system that is easy to implement,

environmental friendly and cost-effective.

Dr. Steven Fleming

Q10.What other services can Bike Share Studies provide?

Leading Team


Contact:

Dr. Steven Fleming – Senior Associate Urban Design


Phone: +61 422 486 271

Contact:

Monica Zarafu – Senior Associate Transport


Phone: +61 403 508 101

Community workshops around bike sharing and bike transport

Continuing professional development seminars

Bike plans focussed on short trips from a combined architectural

and transport planning perspective

Full scale bike share feasibility studies, demand estimation and

the recommendations about station locations

Bike sharing business plan development and financial models

Our combined skills allow us to provide your city with:

s t u d i e s

bike share

s t u d i e s

bike share


Dr. Steven Fleming – Senior Associate Urban DesignEmail: [email protected]: +61 422 486 271

Monica Zarafu – Senior Associate TransportEmail: [email protected]: +61 403 508 101

www.bikesharestudies.com.au

Contacts:

s t u d i e s

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