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

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pressure of urban road traffic, improving

compared with bus trip; and save 50,900

road traffic conditions and easing the two

tons of standard coal and reduce137,400

problems of traffic.

tons of carbon dioxide emissions

(3) To advocate green travel and

compared with sedan cars. If each car

promote the development of urban low-

carries two persons on average it means

carbon economy

that 141,400 cars are decreased every

According to statistics in 2013,

day. And the fuel charge saved in a year

the annual average daily rent amount

is equivalent to all the investment of the

was 282,800, the average rent time 33.6

government for public bicycles and it is

minutes and the average trip distance

incalculable for the demonstration of city

about 3.0-5.0 km, which could save

ecological construction and guidance

12,600 tons of standard coal and reduce

effect.

34,200 tons of carbon dioxide emissions

(4) P u b l i c t r a v e l s h o u l d b e convenient and reduce the cost of public transportation The traffic service system construction of public bicycles in Hangzhou through scientific and technological innovation has effectively reduced the system running costs, has reduced the trip cost of hirers to an extreme and carried out a policy that citizens can rent public bicycles for free in an hour after getting off the bus. According to statistics, more than 96% of the public bicycle rental has been free since this system was released. At the same time, the company also associated the favorable terms of free rent for public bicycles with conventional public bus trip and formulated a measure that the free time transferred from regular bus to public bicycle is extended to one and a half hours so as to attract more and more


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