The newest bike share programmes

[LockH]

"Cycling cities: The newest bike share programmes around the world."
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/f...newest-bike-share-programmes-around-the-world

In part:

bike sharing company Homeport is currently testing an electric bike sharing system in Prague’s district of Karlín, where they have placed 16 charging stations. If they win the right to operate the scheme, Prague could see 500 electric bikes placed around the city in addition to a fleet of traditional bikes, making it easier for cyclists to get up and down Prague’s hilly terrain.

A first mention on ES re Prague outfit Homeport and their ebikes.
https://www.homeport.cz/

We are innovative leader in BIKE SHARING
system in UK, FRANCE, POLAND, SAUDI ARABIA, GIBRALTAR
we have developed the most successful systems in Europe

Oh really??? Seen here:
https://www.homeport.cz/bikes.html

 

[LockH]

BTW... "The Bike-sharing Blog":
http://bike-sharing.blogspot.ca/

... watt currently mentions the word "electric" five times. :wink:

 

[LockH]

From Oz "Public bike share schemes are catching on around the world."
https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/policy-and-campaigns/2766/

 

[LockH]

"Startup Launches Scooter Sharing Service in Taipei"
http://meet.bnext.com.tw/intl/articles/view/38911

After usage, the electric scooters can be parked at any legal parking spot, within the designated district, rather than needing to go back to the company’s charging stations.

... and last two paras:

Last month, Taipei-based electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro launched an app-based ride-sharing program in Berlin, Germany. Earlier this year, Saturna Green Systems startedtesting a similar service in Vancouver, Canada.

New app-based ride-hailing services have also proven wildly popular in Indonesia. In Jakarta, companies including Go-Jek and GrabBike, which offer on-demand rides on motorcycle taxis, known locally as an ojeks. GrabBike, which entered the market in mid-2015, already had an active daily user base of about 1.5 million people earlier this year, the Jakarta Post reported in February.

 

[LockH]

(They say

Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment company. Powered by its own proprietary technology, Mashable is the go-to source for tech, digital culture and entertainment content for its dedicated and influential audience around the globe.

"This Chinese bike-sharing firm has put 70,000 bicycles on the streets in just a month":
http://mashable.com/2017/01/03/bluegogo-china-bike-sharing/#B6bsrCn2dmqE

SHENZHEN, China — There’s a saying that everything in life comes full circle. In southern China, that is more apparent than ever as a new crop of start-ups battle to update what was once the icon of pre-economic reform China: the bicycle.

In the past year, Tencent-backed Mobike and Xiaomi-backed ofo have been locked in a battle for bicycle-sharing supremacy — dumping tens of thousands of two-wheelers onto Chinese city streets.

Now, a third company, Bluegogo, has entered the fray.

Compared with the 600 or so other bike-sharing providers that the world has seen though, these Chinese startups are making them look downright primitive.

So, most so far without battery assist, but can ebikes be far behind?

:wink:

... and they link to another PR report:

Roland Berger study: Global market for bike sharing is growing at 20 percent per year

https://www.rolandberger.com/en/press/Press-Release-Details_4290.html

Download their 34 page report from Hamburg, Germany, April 2015:
https://www.rolandberger.com/publications/publication_pdf/roland_berger_bike_sharing_4_0.pdf

Includes:

Current Innovations: What's hot, what's next? (2/2)
E-bike sharing
E-Bikes: Using electric bikes for bike sharing; e.g. in Madrid
>
Portable motor
– Electrifying both: personal and shared bikes
–
Originating from bike sharing systems in US, CAN, UK

 

[Izits]

Bike share systems are never good for the community for the simple reason that they are always setup as violence backed monopolies. This lack of competition means that they have no monetary incentive to do a good job. It means people do not have the choice of whether to participate or not. Bike share systems are anti-liberty.

 

[LockH]

^^ Hehe... And pubic (sp?) transit will nEVer work either.

 

[Izits]

That's true, public transportation really doesn't work well. For exactly the same reasons. It's revenue stream is collected at gunpoint so it has no incentive to do a good job. The government prevents there from being competition so people can't see just how lousy the public transportation system is. To top it all off, public transportation funding is based on violence. Things based on violence are always bad.

 

[LockH]

^^ "... public transportation really doesn't work well"

Care to define "well"? AFAIK, NOTHING "works well". 24/7 "all the time".

 

[Izits]

Seems like just a semantical exercise, but since you ask.

MY definition of "well" is that first and foremost the system must not force itself on people through violence. If something was actually good for a community, it would not have to be imposed by force.
Second, a system should also be reasonably efficient. Government systems are never, ever efficient because they have no incentive to be. Likewise with government enforced monopolies.

^^ "... public transportation really doesn't work well"

Care to define "well"? AFAIK, NOTHING "works well". 24/7 "all the time".

 

[LockH]

^^ Hehe... Oh oh... there's that word "reasonably".

One definition: "agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical"

... also "not exceeding the limit prescribed by reason"

Perhaps might depend on ones "perspective"? And, "compared to"... something else? Forgive me if I'm suspicious about "logical" stuff... and watts "reasonable".