Bike-share scheme was a great convenience to our lives. We made a survey during the summer vacation and learned more about bike-share scheme. Here's a report based on our findings about some of the problems that we've found.
In what ways can bike-sharing schemes be beneficial to people?
A bike-share scheme is a service in which bicycles are made available for shared use to individuals on a very short term basis. Bike-share schemes allow people to borrow a bike from point "A" and return it at point "B". Many bike-share systems offer subscriptions that make the first 30–45 minutes of use either free or very inexpensive, encouraging use as transportation. This allows each bike to serve several users per day. In most bike-share cities, casual riding over several hours or days is better served by bicycle rental than by bike-share. For many systems, smartphone mapping apps show nearby stations with available bikes and open docks. It can be seen that bike-share scheme provides great convenience for short distance travel.
While sharing the convenience of people to travel, there are also problems such as "unauthorized locking", "malicious damage", "taking out parts and components", "non-standard parking" and so on. Here are some of the solutions we've come up with
First, the government should improve policy measures, strengthen the supervision and maintenance of shared bicycles, create a better environment for sharing bicycles, and create better riding environment and social atmosphere for the public. Second, sharing the problems faced by bicycles, the most core and most difficult is the user's sense of law and law-abiding behavior. Third, sharing the bicycle platform itself should continue to force, improve management and maintenance problems.
Sharing bike operators should continue to improve their skills and assume corresponding social responsibilities.
We think there's still a lot to be desired about sharing bikes, but it's bound to be an integral part of our future life.