Asian-African Line
065
revolutionarily innovative. Borrowing the
based on the Chinese characteristics.
idea from Paris, Hangzhou Public Bicycle
The innovation program has formed its
Company has not ever been to France
unique characteristics and Hangzhou
or had any email exchanges at the early
characteristics in target, system,
stage. The company merely downloaded
construction, management, operation,
pictures of Paris’ public bicycles from
technology, policy, etc.. Playing a leading
the Internet and then independently
role in the program, the government
developed “YAO Guofang” lock device
sets up professional teams based on
with many national patents and Hangzhou
the public transport and guarantees
Public Bicycle Intelligent System and
the non-profit service by means of
changes the means of travel of many
commercialized operation of resources,
Hangzhou citizens. Ten riding routes are
laying a foundation for sound operation
promoted to provide a more leisure travel
and sustainable development of the public
to visitors who can ride to visit the West
bicycle service system. This system is
Lake and ten old City Gates. Meanwhile,
recognized as “the Hangzhou Model”
the development scale, service modes
by the peers and the media at home and
and results achieved in the later period go
abroad and has a broad influence.
beyond those of many cities in the world. According to the “Activity Time”, an American Professional Outdoor Activity Website, analysis and contrast have been
Highlight
made on public bicycle programs of 553
In recent years, the project of sharing
places around the world in Oct. 2013,
public urban bicycles has been promoted
and the comprehensive scores based on
in a growing number of cities and most
six criteria made Hangzhou the top one
cities have achieved excellent results in
among the 16 places with the highest
the promotion; However, most of the
scores.
successful cases tend to be based on the unlimited financial investment of urban
2. Characteristics
government at sectors. Although, to a
Hangzhou public bicycle innovation
certain extent, it alleviated the urban
program is originated from Paris yet it
traffic congestion and improved the urban
only borrows its concept of “Public”
air quality, it also can be seen that with
and makes improvements on specific
the expansion of projects and aging of
management, service and operation
facilities, government need to invest more