Understanding Public Bicycles-E.anaya

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Understanding public bicycles

Esther Anaya BoigBicycle mobility consultant and independent researcher

Workshop, 22nd March 2011, Sevilla.


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My research: A very short CV

What Ive done / What Im doing

Public bicycles in context

And now, what are public bikes? Point of view

Myth and Fact

Exploring conflicts

Available research documents and instruments

Other ideas for research projects in Spain

Contact and thank you

Contents


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Short CVCV

Academic: B. Environmental Sciences, B. Literature and Culture, Master in Mobility Management.

Professional: Mobility consultancies, Cycling NGO.

Advocacy: member of the management board of BACC (cycling NGO in Catalonia) and collaboratorof La Saboga (local ecologist association in lHospitalet)

Networks: World City Bikes Collaborative, Scientist for Cycling.

(more info Linkedin.com and Academia.edu)


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What Ive done Guide for the implementation of public bikessystems in Spain (IDAE,2007)

Studies on public bikes systems in Spain

(2007, 2009) Participation in Workshops and Conferences:

Spanish Conferences on Public bikes 2007 & 2009

Velocity 2009

ECOMM 2009

Bicycle Politics Workshop CeMoRe 2010

My research


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My research

What Im up to Updating Spanish inventory and

database (map)

National Advisory Board OBIS project(from 2008)

Preparing next National conference(3rd)

Preparing Chapter for Emerald book oncycling, with Benot Beroud (Mobiped)

In contact with CeMoRe to publish the

results of Bicycle Politics Workshop. In contact with other experts for

common research projectshttp://bicicletapublica.wordpress.com/mapa/
http://bicicletapublica.wordpress.com/mapa/http://bicicletapublica.wordpress.com/mapa/


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From total freedom and communitysharing/responsibility to total control and less

responsibility of the user.

Constant evolution of the concept, objectives and

motives of uses the generations (De Maio,2001)

In context

1.Provo white bikes 2.Copenhagen Bycyklen 3. Barcelona Bicing 4. Integration

SustainabilityComunication,information

Antivandalism

Ebikes


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Opening date

Number of systems

In context: Spain stats

Systems in operation 114

Cities with systems 149

Bicycles on the streets 23.542

Average age (months) 31

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What are they?

Public bicycle mobility service based on the hiring of a bicyclefor everyday trips. Public service

Mobility service Hire

Everyday trips

Finding their typology of users (in relation to private bicycle):

less risk of theft, less responsibility for maintenance,

no need for space at private premises in origin and/or destination,

flexibility of election of modes in the travel chain,

less availability/reliability,

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Not just technical

Criticism

Point of view

Myth and fact are figures coherent with clichs?

(i.e. pull effect: do public bikes increase the use of private bikes?, are

they sustainable?)

Impact? Positive or negative Cost-Benefit analysis

Lack of data analysis

Social/anthropological () approaches

Mobility, behaviour, opinion surveys Sharing in transport

Integration, what is? In which way?

We need to take into account the complete cycling policy, mobility

policy, urbanism and land use planning


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Critical mass...

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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Accidentrate

Trips

Cycling accidents in relation to number of trips

Trips Accident rate

Critical mass

Reverse!

Myth and fact


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Pull effect?

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Barcelona daily trips in private and public

bicycle

Inner trips (Bicing)

Inner trips (private

bicycle)

Connection trips (private

bicycle)

Private uses are stable

or decrease!

Myth and fact


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Economic crisis and public bikes

rea Bicing and Bicibox EMT (Metropolitan Transport Entity)

1st metropolitan area (17 municipalities)

Compatibility with Bicing

Partly financed by advertising, partly EMT and local

administrations

Process: Feasibility study, Call for tenders. Deserted

Replaced by a secure parking project:Bicibox (cheaper and with noimplication for the local

administrations). Already awarded.

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The environmental balance

CO2 savings: from modal shift (when bicycle trips substitute motorized ones)

CO2 emissions: by redistribution vehicles (consequence of uphill locations)

Modal shift(10% uses)

Redistribution

SAVINGS EMISSIONS

CO2

Sustainability

Myth and fact

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Managing assimetry

EMPTYFULL

DURATION (HOURS)

Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2008

Myth and fact


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Conflict pedestrians-cyclists

Carril bici Sevilla

Possible factors:Inexperienced users attracted by the fashion of cycling

and public bikes.

By-law. It allows itInsufficient cycling facilities and conditions.

Actions:Administration campaigns on the conflict pedestrian-

bicycle.

Cycling advocacy groups organizing free cycling abilities

routes for Bicing users.

Myth and fact

M h d f


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The image of bicycle

Everything fits in Barcelona,but not everything isallowed.

On bicycle, we dont encroachon the others pavement.

Myth and fact

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Documents European project OBIS (Optimising Bike Sharing in European Cities)

http://www.obisproject.com

NICHES public bicycles policy notes, 2007. http://www.niches-transport.org

Spicycles, 2009. Cycling on the rise. Public bicycles and otherEuropean experiences. http://spicycles.velo.info

Experiencias y lecciones de sistemas de transporte pblico enbicicleta para Amrica Latina, ITDP, 2010

Public Bicycle Schemes: Appliying the concept in Developing cities.Examples from India. GTZ, 2010.

Bicycle-sharing schemes: enhancing sustainable mobility in urban

areas. UN, 2011.Networks & blogs World city bikes strategies http://www.worldcitybike.org/

The bike sharing blog http://bike-sharing.blogspot.com/

Research instruments

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http://www.obisproject.com/http://www.obisproject.com/http://www.niches-transport.org/http://www.niches-transport.org/http://www.niches-transport.org/http://spicycles.velo.info/http://spicycles.velo.info/http://www.worldcitybike.org/http://bike-sharing.blogspot.com/http://bike-sharing.blogspot.com/http://bike-sharing.blogspot.com/http://bike-sharing.blogspot.com/http://www.worldcitybike.org/http://spicycles.velo.info/http://www.niches-transport.org/http://www.niches-transport.org/http://www.niches-transport.org/http://www.obisproject.com/


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History of bicycle mobility in Spain

Other research ideas

Casa Macaya, Barcelona, 1901,

Bicycle police. Barcelona, 1928 Ramon Casas y Pere Romeuen tndem, 1897

Woman and bicycle book, 1925

Opening of cycle lane in Barcelona, 1984 Post civil war ad

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Bicycle Safety

Other research ideas

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Accident rate for each type of bicycle trip:

Bicing and Private bike

Bicing Accidents per every 100,000 Bicing trips

Private Bike Accidents for every 100,000 private bike trips

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Fatal bicycle accidents in Spain

Non urban areas

Urban areas

http://bicicletasciudadesviajes.blogspot.com/

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Please, feel free to contact me:

Email: [email protected] Skype: esther.anaya (under appointment) Social networks:

Linkedin: http://es.linkedin.com/in/estheranaya Academia.edu: http://independent.academia.edu/EstherAnaya Twitter: anayaesther

Contact

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