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“Transportation for A Better Life:
Smart Mobility for Now and Then”

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

1. Introduction system of Ho Chi Minh City–a typical city of
1.1. Public bicycle system motorbikes.
Public bicycle system (PBS) is a system that
takes "city" as a unit for layout and construction [1],
which is constituted by the operation center
(database, monitoring devices…), infrastructure and
facilities. There are many different ways to operate
“loan-payment” mechanism, however, magnetic
cards are the most widely used forms in many
countries. The management system of the PBS will
issue a car loan card (usually integrated with the
traffic card), users only need to go to the return Fig.1 Illustrating the end-to-end problem [3]
points to borrow bikes, when they want to return the
bikes, they need to bring them to return points near
your area. The fee for using the PBS is based on 1.2. Cities in Asia
different city policies. Public bicycle system first appeared in Europe
The public bicycles will bring us some of the in the 1960s in Amsterdam, the Netherlands [5], and
advantages as the following: then spread quickly around the world. Then it
Firstly, it will help reduce congestion and improve showed up in Asia for the first time in the “Town
the air quality as it is an effective alternative for Bike Program” (Larsen 2013). It lasted for several
motor vehicles in short distance trips. years and then was forced to stop due to a shortage
Secondly, the public bicycle increases the of funding, but now Singapore has two public
accessibility to public transport stop stations. Public bicycle systems: one belongs to the government, the
bicycle system makes it easier for citizens to access other is from a private company providing electric
to the stop stations outside the walking distance. vehicles. Similarly, in South Korea, twelve systems
Good public bicycle system deployment will have been implemented. Changwon has a capacity of
contribute to diverse types of public passenger 4,600 bicycles while in Goyang there are about
transport for the city. 3,000 ones. Japan has nine sharing bike programs
Third, public bicycle has less use of roads. From the which were carried out from 2009 to 2012 (Global
actual observation, a cyclist only occupies as about Bicycle Race 2013) and the roadmap began from
0.7-0.8 times as the road area for motorcyclists and small scale pilot development to large-scale dense
more than 0.2-0.3 times that of car riders. systems as nowadays.
Finally, public bikes will bring high safety for users The most successful public bicycle system in
if they are separated from the mechanics because of Asia can refer to the one in Hangzhou, China.
the medium speed, which is suitable for short Hangzhou opened the first computerized sharing
distance trips (<3km). bike system in 2008, integrating stations with bus
In addition to providing benefits in terms of and subway networks. It is expected that the system
transportation, its system can also bring us many in Hangzhou may increase to 175,000 bicycles by
healthy advantages and it is the first choice for 2020 [2]. This evidence suggests that the public
sustainable transport trends, and also contributes to bicycle system be very successful for spreading to
promoting tourisms and images of the city in which Asia and become a useful vehicle for short distance
it presents. For instance, in 2007, Paris Vélib won movement in cities.
the British Guild of Travel Wrtiters for the Global
Best Tourism project [2]
Thanks to the benefits of public bicycle as
mentioned above, it is not only a perfectly
reasonable choice for solving the “last kilometer
connectivity” [3] of the public transport system but
also a wonderful method for green traffic trends and
stable development. Moreover, it creates a
tremendous motivation to form this article with the
aim of contributing to a complete public transport

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