[sustran] Re: Bicycle Sharing Demand Estimation

[Morten Lange]

Hi Chris,


Nice to hear that your city is considering a Bicycle Sharing program, following up on the success in cities like Barcelona, Paris, and several more. 


I suggest you join the special mailing list on bike sharing/ City bikes, and ask there :


 
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldCityBike/

Eric Britton has provided suggestions for a set of criteria before implementing such a program.  That is if you want maximum efficiency and jaw-dropping success  :-) 


Description of the group, WorldCityBikes <worldcitybike at yahoogroups.com> 

from the above URL :
This public interest Forum of the New Mobility Agenda is open to all interested people and groups world wide, but we do ask that you first address a short  email to 
   secretariat at newmobility.org 

identifying yourself with address, email, phone, and Skype (if you have it), along with a few words explaining your interest in city bikes. We will get back to you immediately. Thanks.
Welcome to the invitational forum of the collaborative World City Bike project. This moderated forum offers a flexible discussion space and shared library - given over specifically to exchanges of information, sources and ideas for people and groups around the world interested in city or public bikes. It is intended to be a useful supplement to the public information you will find at the World City Bike site. 



Best Regards,
Morten, 

Reykjavík, Iceland
(+ Oslo/Trondheim, Norway)


--- On Thu, 20/11/08, Puchalsky, Chris <cpuchalsky at dvrpc.org> wrote:

> From: Puchalsky, Chris <cpuchalsky at dvrpc.org>
> Subject: [sustran] Bicycle Sharing Demand Estimation
> To: "sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org" <sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>
> Date: Thursday, 20 November, 2008, 2:47 PM
> I work at the Metropolitan Planning Organization in
> Philadelphia.  We are currently exploring a bicycle sharing
> program in the city and are trying to estimate the demand. 
> I am currently looking for what methodologies have been used
> in other cities to estimate the demand for such programs. 
> Please forward me any contacts or information that you might
> have.
> 
> thank you,
> 
> Christopher M. Puchalsky, Ph.D.
> Senior Transportation Engineer
> Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
> 190 N. Independence Mall West
> Philadelphia, PA 19106-1520
> P: 215.238.2949
> F: 215.592.9125
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