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Bike-sharing-boom – rozwój nowych form zrównoważonego transportu w Polsce na przykładzie roweru publicznego
Bike-sharing-boom – development of new forms of sustainable transport in Poland on the example of a public bicycle

Author(s): Michał Adam Kwiatkowski
Subject(s): National Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Poland; public bicycle; public transport; sharing transport; sustainable transport

Summary/Abstract: The public bicycle system (bike-sharing system) is becoming an increasingly common element of the transport system in urban space in Poland and in the world. The main reasons for implementing this solution in urban areas include the need to increase the efficiency of urban transport systems and to reduce the problems created by the pressure of traditional means of transport on the environment. Public bike is also successfully becoming an element of multimodal transport by connecting with other public transport. In Poland, bike-sharing has been operating since 2008, expanding its range with each subsequent year for new cities, as well as rural areas. The study analyzed changes in the number of systems in Poland in 2017-2018 – in the period of the greatest development of this form of transport in the studied area. The analysis was based on the indicators of the number of public bicycle stations on a given area and the number of bicycles on the background of the number of inhabitants of the analyzed cities. The work also compared bicycle rental rates for individual systems operating in Poland. On the basis of the analyzed data, the directions of public bicycle development in Poland were also determined.

  • Issue Year: 21/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 60-69
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish