Idenya begini : tiba di kota Eropa kita menemukan 'sepeda untuk
umum'. Lantas dengan telpon atau kartu kita bisa membuka kunci dan
keliling kota sepuasnya. Lantas udah nyampe di tujuan sepeda kita
balikin ke rak lagi. Masih dengan telpon atau kartu kita bayar. Satu
kali naik mungkin kurang dari $0.5. Taaa raa...Yups kita menggunakan
transport yang bersih dari polusi dan bikin sehat badan.
Bike-Share ini dimulai di Paris. Sebuah konsep yang digagas sejak
tahun 1960 tentang mengurangi jumlah kendaraan dan mengurangi
kemacetan serta polusi. Saat ini beberapa kota besar bergandengan
tangan untuk menciptakan network bike-share ini. Tercatat 10,000
sepeda di Paris, 1500 di Barcelona, 2000plus di Copenhagen dan segera
menyusul New York City bekerjasama dengan tim Urban Design Forum.
Ini daftar kota dan kondisi bersepeda-nya. Silakan dicoba kalau lagi
disana.
PARIS
Name: Velib'
Launched: July, 2007
Bicycles: 10,000
Stations: 750
City population: 2.15 million
Number of citizens per bike: 215
Availability: Year-round
Price structure: Riders can select a one-day card for 1, a weekly
card for 5 or an annual card for 29. First half-hour is free.
Additional half-hours are priced at 1, 2 and 4.
Technology: Smartcard
Operating company: JC Decaux
By far the largest bike-share program to-date, Paris plans to have
installed over 10,000 bikes by July, 2007, and 20,000 by 2008. Mayor
Bertrand Delanoe launched the Velib' network as part of his
wide-reaching program to green Paris and reduce vehicular traffic in
the central city. To help riders navigate the streets, maps and safety
manuals in several languages will be available at every station.
BARCELONA
Name: Bicing
Launched: March, 2007
Bicycles: 1,500
Stations: 100
City population: 1.5 million
Number of citizens per bike: 1,000
Availability: Year-round, 5am to midnight, 24 hours a day on
Friday and Saturday.
Price structure: Riders must apply via mail for a swipe card and
purchase an annual subscription for 24. First half-hour is free.
Additional half-hours are priced at .30, with a maximum rental time
of two hours.
Technology: Smartcard, and optional credit card.
Operating company: Clear Channel Adshel
Like many bike-share programs, Bicing offers its users a Google
mash-up, with the number of available bikes at every station updated
in real-time. Barcelona is currently in the process of expanding its
program to 3,000 bikes by the end of 2007. As of today, Bicing had
attracted 62,000 registered users.
STOCKHOLM
Name: Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL)
Launched: 2006
Bicycles: 1,000
Stations: 80
City population: 800,000
Number of citizens per bike: 80
Availability: April-November, 6 am to 6 pm (last bike can be taken
at 5:59)
Price structure: Daily passes cost 25 kroner ($4.50), and season
passes cost 200 kroner ($36). There is no fee to check out a bike, but
penalties are imposed after a maximum rental time of three hours.
Technology: Smartcard
Operating company: Clear Channel Adshel
In 2006 Stockholm launched a congestion pricing program to charge
motorists to enter the city center. It has since been recognized as
one of the world's most successful, and Sweden's parliament voted in
June, 2007, to make the charge permanent. Stockholm's bike-share
program has been lauded as a complimentary effort to attract those who
might otherwise travel inside the city center by car.
OSLO
Name: Citybike
Launched: 2003
Bicycles: 1,200
Stations: 100
City population: 475,000
Number of citizens per bike: 400
Availability: Year-round, 6 am to midnight
Price structure: Yearly subscription card, which is available for
70 kroner/year
Technology: Smartcard
Operating company: Clear Channel Adshel
Clear Channel Adshel has installed Citybikes in four Norwegian
cities: Trondheim, Drammen, Bergen and Oslo. Citybike is fully funded
by Clear Channel Adshel in exchange for street-furniture advertising
contracts.
COPENHAGEN
Name: Bycyklen
Launched: 1995
Bicycles: 2,000
Stations: 110
City population: 600,000
Number of citizens per bike: 400
Availability: April to November
Price structure: Riders deposit a 20 kroner coin into the bike
handlebar to unlock it from the bike rack. Bikes may be rented for
unlimited amounts of time, although they may not leave the designated
boundary of the old city. The 20 kroner coin is returned when the bike
is locked back into the rack.
Technology: Coin deposit
Operating company: City Bike Foundation of Copenhagen
Bycyklen bikes were designed to be simple (they are single-speed),
durable and adjustable. They are also conspicuous. In fact, the
program is supported in part by advertising placed on each of the bike
wheels. Copenhagen has announced the goal of increasing to 5,000 bikes
and enlarging the dedicated area.
FRANKFURT
Name: Call a Bike
Launched: 2003
Bicycles: 720
Stations: 66
City population: 650,000
Number of citizens per bike: 900
Price structure: 8 cents per minute, with a maximum of 15 per
day, and 60 per week.
Technology: Mobile phone
Operating company: Deutsche Bahn
Call a Bike is run in several German cities through a system of
authentication codes that automatically locks and unlocks bikes.
Residents can approach any Call-a-Bike bicycle at any major
intersection within the city. If the green light is blinking on the
lock, the bicycle is available. After registering oneself over the
phone, the user calls the number displayed on the lock and is given a
key code. Bikes can be returned to the network by locking to any fixed
structure (except a traffic signal) and entering a new code into the lock.
LYON
Name: Velo'v
Launched: 2005
Bicycles: 3,000
Stations: 350
City population: 450,000
Number of citizens per bike: 150
Availability: Year-round
Price structure: Rider must purchase either a long-term or
short-term subscription card. First half-hour is free. Pricing then
varies for each additional hour.
Technology: Smartcard
Operating company: JC Decaux
Three months after Velo'v launched, 15,000 users were taking 4,000
trips a day. Today, daily ridership reaches 30,000. Lyon intends to
expand its fleet by an additional 1,000 bikes by the end of 2007, with
the goal of having stations within 300 meters of every point in the
city. JC Decaux absorbed all set-up and operating costs in exchange
for a bus-shelter advertising contract.
PAMPLONA
Name: nbici
Launched: July, 2007
Bicycles: 350
Stations: 20
City population: 200,000
Number of citizens per bike: 570
Availability: Year-round, 8am to 6pm (extended summer hours)
Price structure: First half-hour is free. Each additional
half-hour costs .50.
Technology: Smartcard
Operating company: Cemusa
Nbici is the newest addition to Europe's bike-share network,
having launched in early July. It is also Cemusa's first foray into
bike-sharing. Like most European bike-share programs, nbici is funded
through an advertising contract. The City of Pamplona offered Cemusa
control over 50 advertising panels, 40 clocks, 50 advertising fences
and 29 posters in exchange for funding nbici in its entirety.
Salam,
Ambar
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