Why Shared Bikes of Free-Floating Systems Were Parked Out of Order? A Preliminary Study based on Factor Analysis

Qianling Jiang, Sheng-Jung Ou and Wei Wei
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Qianling Jiang: School of Design, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214000, China
Sheng-Jung Ou: School of Design, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 41349, Taiwan
Wei Wei: School of Design, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 41349, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 12, 1-17

Abstract: Free-floating bicycle-sharing systems are an important component of sustainable transport. China’s bicycle-sharing schemes have experienced ups and downs in the past three years, and there are a lot of related studies, but there are relatively few studies on the causes of disorderly parking of shared bikes. In this study, an open questionnaire is used to widely collect the causes of the disorderly parking of shared bicycles from users. Through factor analysis, six factors and 32 criteria for the causes of disorderly parking are constructed. Factor 1 ‘supervision and management of enterprises’; factor 2 ‘supervision and management of users’; factor 3 ‘parking space’; factor 4 ‘guidance of parking shared bikes’; factor 5 ‘user self-discipline’; factor 6 ‘operation and maintenance’. It requires the cooperation of multiple parties to solve the problem of disorderly parking of shared bicycles.

Keywords: Free-Floating Bike-sharing Systems; causes of disorderly parking; factor analysis (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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