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transportation planning and accelerates
computer management system, database
its construction in parallel with the
management system, IPC management
construction and transformation of urban
system, monitoring system and identification
roads and riversides improvement. In
system. These measures offer not only
addition, the government made a one-
self-service for people to rent bicycles,
off investment in the infrastructure and
but also effective system management,
new bicycles and entrusted Hangzhou
realizing the concept of “no one on duty,
Public Bicycle Service Development
self-service, renting at one place and
Company for implementation. The
returning at another, convenient and
company operates by itself and affords
smart�.
the costs for labour, vehicle and system maintenance. The government supervises
3. Non-profit Position, Market-
and supports in terms of planning and
oriented Operation
policy, etc., scientifically distributing the
The public bicycle system in
outlets, strictly authorizing and regulating
Hangzhou is regarded as a public
other commercial bicycle renting, and
product and thus gains a special fund
prohibiting bicycle renting if it occupies
for its own construction. Citizens could
the public resources like roads.
rent bicycles for free within one hour and this preferential policy extends to
2.Advanced Technology,
the transfer between bicycle and bus
Regulated Management
trips within one and a half hours. This
The public bicycle system in
measure attracts more people to take
Hangzhou operates in three layers,
the bus, which reduces the running cost
containing six functional modules like
for the company and the transportation
renting, network, monitoring, etc., 14
cost for renters to the largest extent. To
sub-systems and 3 affiliated systems.
guarantee its sustainable development, the
It applies IoT technologies integrated
public bicycle program turns to market-
with FRID, ICT, automatic control and
oriented operation, making full use of
search, management, account settlement,
advertisement on bikes and service booths
etc. to support the systematic operation,
to realize the maximum interest, so as to
including developing lockup device,
reach a financial balance.