A Fundamental Study on Planning for Bicycle-Sharing Systems: Availability-Based Analysis on System Provision

Abstract

 Although bicycle-sharing systems are spreading over the world, planning method for them is not well-established. This paper first overviews the planning approach which were taken for the bicycle-sharing systems in Paris and London. Then we propose availability-based approach to system provision planning, and apply it to Tokyo central area. As a result, it shows the advantage of the approach which takes account of space-time distribution of demand and the exclusion of railway station related demand, in terms of spatial fairness and temporal stability of service availability.