HAMILTON – 2012 BIKE SHARE PROGRAMS

CHANGING THE WORLD ONE CITY AT A TIME

PRESENTATION

What is a bike share program

The family tree of bike share

The Montreal experience

Reaching people every day

Where they live, work, shop, play!

From station to station

• Take• Ride• Return

The family tree of the bike share

1st generation (60’s) • Amsterdam, The Netherlands• Goal: To provide free bicycles intended for single journeys

and then left for others to use.• Result: Within weeks, most of the bikes had been stolen and

the remaining others were found in nearby canals.

2nd generation (90’s)• Copenhagen, Denmark• Goal : bicycles could be picked up and returned at specific locations

throughout the city. Bicycles were specifically designed for intense use.• Result : High theft rates due to user anonymity.

The family tree of the bike share

Lyon: Velo’v4,000 bikes / 300 stations

Paris: Vélib’ 20,000 bikes / 1,200 stations

Barcelona: Bicing6,000 bikes / 400 stations

Advertising Companies running bike-sharing systems as street furniture

3rd Generation: A Turning Point

The family tree of the bike share

PBSC’s concept of the 4th Generation

• Modular system

• Solar powered

• Wireless communication

Bike Sharing: Reaching people every dayMODULARITY

•Sizable

•Adjust to surroundings

•Location

•Road work

•Special event

4th Generation Advantage

• Environmentally friendly: No excavation or prep work• Plug and play: Bikes, docking points and pay stations mounted on modular platforms •Once in place, they’re ready to go

Create Partnerships• Make system accessible to a large segment of the population, promote inter-modality through partnerships across the transportation sector.• Station-based advertising• Sustainable model with :

• Subscriptions and User Fees• Sponsorships• Grants and Subsidies

TIME MAGAZINE

30 000 BIKES / 2 000 STATIONS

THE BIGGEST BIKE SHARE

SYSTEM IN NORTH AMERICA

THE MONTREAL EXPERIENCE

THE MONTREAL EXPERIENCE

THE BIGGEST BIKE SHARE SYSTEM

IN NORTH AMERICA

• 5 120 Bikes

• 411 Stations

• 10 Boroughs

• 2 cities

• 2011 : 4.2 M Trips / year

• 2011 : 40 000 Members

Since 2009

• 13 000 000 trips

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BIXI

• 21 000 trips per day• Use time: 13 minutes• Distance: 2,6 Km• trips per bikes : 6 per day

Each day BIXI users...• travel more than 50 000 Km/ 24h • Montrealers ride more than the circumference of the

entire planet

80% or more of the trips made by members

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50 % +

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•DowntownoFinancial districtoCultural districtoMultimedia cityoBiggest employment area of the CMA

What other means of transportation did you use to complete your trip?

(Multiple answers (%))

Why did you use Bixi ? (Weekday)

For work

To go back home

For my studies

To go out

To visit someone

To go shopping

Others

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Walking

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Bus

Car

Taxi

Train

Others

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THE MONTREAL EXPERIENCE

Intermodal Connectivity

To make the system accessible to a large segment of the population, agreements offering discounts signed with

partners in the transportation sector.

PLANNING & INTEGRATION

MORE THAN 500 REQUESTS FOR STATIONS

•Citizens•Private companies•City councillors / adminstrators

MORE THAN 30 NEW CONSTRUCTIONS ARE ALREADY PLANNING SPACES

•Transit authorities •Condominiums•Enterprises

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Commuting in the inner city is similar across traditional modes of transportation

A REAL ALTERNATIVES

This public bike system has boosted physical activityamong Montrealers.

Without it :•Users would have opted to bicycle in only 3% of cases •14% of them would have taken a car

By promoting active transportation, BIXI has positiveconsequences for its users’ health as well as the qualityof the environment.

In Montréal, from 2000 to 2010, the popularity ofutilitarian cycling has been increasing. The percentageof adult Montréal cyclists using their bicycles as amean of transportation rose from 25% to 53%.

THANK YOU