Vélo'v, a mobility service to be transferred • 2006-2007

Description

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.

Beneficiary(s)

Transport Economics Laboratory • Feng-Chia University

Stakeholder(s)

Light Lyon II University

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