Benchmark of public bikes, 10 services in 7 countries • 2006-2007
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#Opportunity study
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#Planning
#Cycling policy
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In 2006, Benoît Beroud wrote the first independent and public study on public bicycles on a European scale. As part of his Master’s thesis in Transport Economics at the University Lumière Lyon II and the Transport Economics Laboratort, Benoît Beroud:- Obtained a student scholarship,
- Participated in Vélomondial 2006, World Cycling Conference in Cape Town (South Africa),
- Hitchhiked or flown across Europe for 2.5 months to meet with public bike services and cycling policies managers,
- Identified all existing services in the world,
- Compared 10 services in 7 different countries,
- Analyzed performances and usages,
- Proposed an economic analysis of the public bike market: governance models, organizational forms, operators business models, role of public authorities,
- Improve the report in 2007 and created an internet website to share it.
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Quote : BEROUD B. [Directeur de mémoire : BAUMSTARK L.], (2007), Vélo'v : un service de mobilité de personnes à transférer ? Comparaison des systèmes automatisés de location de vélos sur l'espace public en Europe, Master Recherche Transports, Espaces, Réseaux, Lyon : Université Lumière Lyon II, Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports, Mars 2007, 118 p.
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