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Learning from Cities - The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation

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bike use (imposed after an hour of use), the company raises significant private funds through selling advertising space on the bike docking station kiosks. A key feature is that partnerships provide technology supports and improving recommendations. .

Background of the Initiative In recent years, with the rapid social and economic development and the acceleration of urbanization, the increasing urban population has resulted in a rising demand for outdoor trips year by year. In spite of more investment by local governments, the urban construction still lags behind remarkably the public demands for urban traffic resources. The Name of City: Hangzhou

pressure of urban traffic keeps growing

Name of Country/Region: People's Republic

to give rise of the problem of “Two

of China Name of Province or State: Zhejiang Geographic Region: Asia Pacific

Difficults” in urban traffic (“difficult to drive” and “difficult to park”). In order to relieve the traffic

Population: 7,969,500 (2012)

congestion and reduce the public travel

Surface Area: 16,645 km2

costs, the CPC Hangzhou Committee

Population Density: 479 people / km2 GDP per capita: RMB 113,063 Title or Slogan of the Initiative: Urban Public Bicycle Sharing Program Start Date of the Initiative: March, 2008 End Date of the Initiative: in the Process

and Hangzhou Municipality have given strong policy support to bus companies and financed them on the basis of their service quality. After years of effort, public transport in Hangzhou has made great progress in facilities such as vehicles and service quality, taking a leading


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