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TRANSPORTATION SERVICES Cycling Infrastructure & Programs Unit Toronto Public Bicycle Sharing Lessons Learned Sean Wheldrake, Cycling Infrastructure and Programs Unit.
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TRANSPORTATION SERVICESCycling Infrastructure & Programs Unit
Toronto Public Bicycle SharingLessons Learned
Sean Wheldrake, Cycling Infrastructure and Programs Unit.
Public Bike Share Services
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Why a Public Bicycle System?
BIXI Toronto. 24-7. 365 days a year.
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Successful in Montreal
• More than 49,227 members• More than 100,000 day users• More than 2.7 million rides• 5,000 bikes/ 400 stations• Millions of kg of green house gases less
Sponsors like Telus pay for public bike systems?
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Funding: Federal, regional transit or highway
Here are some examples:
• Washington DC • London • San Francisco • Boston • New York
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European solutions
• Street Furniture Contracts
• Congestion Charging
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In Cities around the world the transit funding is part of the transportation budget for the region.
Here are examples:
• Boston, • London and • San Francisco.
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Boston, an example of federal funds• “Metropolitan Area Planning
Council“• Massachusetts Department of
Transportation• Federal Transit Administration.
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The Operator
• Alta Bicycle Share
• Partnership with Public Bike Share Company
• Revenue guarantee
• Share profits
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Theft and vandalism guarantee
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Revenue
Arlington. 41 stations and 286 bikes • $411,000 in revenues from memberships,
user fees, and sponsorships • $473,000 in operations expenses, • $170,000 in management and marketing
expenses, • $643,000 in total expenses.• Arlington/DC:• 140 stations and 1,200 bikes• 19,200 annual and 105,644 casual
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Location, Location, Location
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If it’s not working move it.
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A Network of Stations
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Figure 8: Preferred Docking Station Network based on Aggregate Population Density
Toronto Public Bicycle System Proposed Service Area
0 1,000 2,000500 metres
Aggregate Density (ha)
0 - 53
54 - 67
68 - 85
86 - 129
130 - 1,024
Docking Stations
Data Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Prepared by: Andrea M. Garcia
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Lessons Learned
• Have a champion (e.g. Mayor)
• Buy the system and own it from the start.
• Do not give away sponsorships
• Stations are important not the number of bikes
• Go to the users
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Questions?
Sean WheldrakeProject Lead
Cycling Infrastructure and Programs Unit
Transportation Infrastructure Management Section
Transportation ServicesCity of Toronto
850 Coxwell Ave. 2 Flr.Toronto, Ontario. M4C 5R1Ph: 416 [email protected]
