Does Bike Share Make Sense?

We’ve mentioned our love of bike share in a few videos and our surprise that the Netherlands, one of the most bike-friendly countries in the world, doesn’t have this seemingly essential service. We learned that a lot of Dutch people are kind of baffled by the concept, so in this video we’re going to make the case for bike share but also consider if there are any reasons it’s less relevant in the Netherlands.

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References:

Bike share study from Vancouver: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335519301202
Toronto bike share subsidy: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/pa/bgrd/backgroundfile-229023.pdf
Amsterdam bike theft study: https://news.mit.edu/2023/where-do-stolen-bikes-go-0215
Bike parking regulations: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/parking-your-bike-at-home/
OV-Fiets as last-mile solution: https://mal-verkosto.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Peter-van-de-Pol-OV-fiets-bike-sharing-system-Asemanseutufoorumi2020.pdf
Study on OV-Fiets users: http://essay.utwente.nl/93399/1/Pluister%20B.%201718150%20_openbaar.pdf

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