Bike-Sharing Systems in Poland

Tomasz Bieliński, Agnieszka Kwapisz and Agnieszka Ważna
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Tomasz Bieliński: Faculty of Economics, University of Gdansk; Armii Krajowej 119/121, 81-824 Sopot, Poland
Agnieszka Kwapisz: Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship, Montana State University; Jabs Hall 232, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Agnieszka Ważna: Faculty of Economics, University of Gdansk; Armii Krajowej 119/121, 81-824 Sopot, Poland

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: Bike-sharing is widely recognized as an eco-friendly mode of transportation and seen as one of the solutions to the problem of air pollution and congestion. As there is little research exploring the performance of bicycle-sharing systems (BSS), many municipal authorities invest in their development without knowledge of their effectiveness. Therefore, the aim of this article is to identify factors that correlate with BSS performance. Data related to BSS and urban characteristics were collected for the 56 cities in Poland, which is the population of BSS systems in this country. The Ordinary Least Square regression model was used to estimate the model. Additionally, to support our findings, a survey of 3631 cyclists was conducted. Our main findings show that BSS performance was positively related to cities’ population, tourism, number of bike stations per capita, congestion, bicycle pathways’ length and higher temperature, and negatively related to precipitation. We have also found that one BSS operator was more effective compared to the others.

Keywords: bicycle-sharing systems; bike-share; performance; determinants; ridership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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