Abstract
The bike-sharing system allows urban residents to rent a bike at one of the rental stations located in the city, use them for their journey, and return them to any other or the same station. In recent years, in many cities around the world, such systems were established to encourage their residents to use bikes as an element of enhancing sustainable mobility and as a good complement to travel made using other modes of transport. The main purpose of this article is to present the results of an analysis of the functioning of the bike-sharing system in Warsaw (Poland). Moreover, the article presents an analysis of the accessibility to individual stations. An important aspect is that the bike-sharing system has been popular among users and that more people use it. Therefore, the city should be provided with a dense network of conveniently located bike-sharing stations. Also, the quality of the bike-sharing system should be an adjustment to the user’s expectations. In connection with the above, the article also presents the results of the analysis of factors affecting bike-sharing system usage as well as the level of satisfaction connected with bike-sharing system usage. The results of the analysis showed that there is a strong positive correlation between these variables. The obtained results can be helpful for carrying out activities whose purpose is to increase the bike-sharing system usage as well as to increase the level of satisfaction connected with bike-sharing system usage.
Highlights
Cities radically change into smart cities because of the increasing mobility of societies, urban growth, new products, and technological innovations [1,2,3]
An important aspect is that the bike-sharing system has been popular among users and that more people use it
A dense network of conveniently located bike-sharing stations should be provided in the city
Summary
Cities radically change into smart cities because of the increasing mobility of societies, urban growth, new products, and technological innovations [1,2,3]. Journeys made by private bikes as well as by bike with the bike-sharing system contribute to significant savings and benefits for both bike users and the natural environment (i.e., no negative impact on the quality of life in the city (no noise and no emissions) protection of monuments and flora; better use of space, both for movement and parking; less degradation of the road network; improvement of the attractiveness of the city center (business, culture, recreation, social life); reduction of congestion and economic losses; increased traffic flow; greater attractiveness of public transport; better access to urban services for the whole society; saving time and money of parents who are exempted from taking their children to school; significant saving of time for cyclists on short and medium distances; no possible necessity owning a second car by the household (budget increase) [9,10,11])
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