Page 94 - Proceeding of Atrans Young Researcher's Forum 2019_Neat

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

23 August 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

630-8pm/Some
Operating time 24 Hours 24 Hours/365 Days
stations are 24h
Age (min) Open 14 Minimum 15 y.o.
Free hire 1 hour 1 hour 2 hours
$18.80/yr; $2.80 /mo;
$1.80/wk;
Membership $30 $1.13
non-members:
$0.94/day
Per 30 min after free
period charged $0.47.
Usage Fees - -
Non-members $0.94 per
30 min after free period
Hires/month 9.75 million 250229 131880
Hires/bike/month 150 180 147
Capitol Cost $65 million $2.58 million $12.5 million
$1000 per
Operating costs - -
month (2010)
$1.3 from government
Revenue $1.46 million -
subsidies
-Operating Hours Operator claims
Reported -Availability usage & -
Problems -Lacks real time depreciation
availability causing loss

Source: Public Bicycle Sharing in Asian Cities - The actions of city government in recent
Some limitation can be recognized through many years has also advocated for the
implemented projects in Viet Nam and experiences development of public transport in general
from the similar characteristics of some countries: and bicycles in particular: making roads
- Development project is still a trend with no specifically for walking and cycling in
long-term program and detailed plan. Hanoi, recreating the organizations of
- Local development is not highly connected; sidewalks in District 1 Ho Chi Minh City,
- Problems in investment and maintaining encouraging advantageous conditions for
operation is still a problem; public bicycle projects to be deployed ...
- Bicycles have not created a strong Challenges:
impression on users ... - Although public transport is developing
From those lessons, it is necessary to have detailed more than before, it still does not meet the
research and accurate plan for each development people’s travel demands and can not make
stage to have a complete bicycle system and good people choose public transport instead of
results. private vehicles.
Potentials and challenges of PBS in - Urban management is not really favourable
Vietnam so there is still a situation of encroachment
Potentials: on sidewalks causing unsafety and
- In Viet Nam’s recent years, public transport difficulties for pedestrians, therefore
is developing strongly such as metro, rapid affecting the development of public
bus (BRT), river bus, ... This paves the way bicycles....
for public bicycle development; - Hot, humid and rainy weather is one of the
- Pavement roads have marked changes in common adverse conditions for Southeast
width, sidewalks, trees ... Asian countries to develop public bikes

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