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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