TRANSPORTATION SERVICES Cycling Infrastructure & Programs Unit Toronto Public Bicycle Sharing Lessons Learned Sean Wheldrake, Cycling Infrastructure and

TRANSPORTATION SERVICESCycling Infrastructure & Programs Unit

Toronto Public Bicycle SharingLessons Learned

Sean Wheldrake, Cycling Infrastructure and Programs Unit.

Public Bike Share Services

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES


Why a Public Bicycle System?

BIXI Toronto. 24-7. 365 days a year.



Successful in Montreal

• More than 49,227 members• More than 100,000 day users• More than 2.7 million rides• 5,000 bikes/ 400 stations• Millions of kg of green house gases less

Sponsors like Telus pay for public bike systems?


Funding: Federal, regional transit or highway

Here are some examples:

• Washington DC • London • San Francisco • Boston • New York


European solutions

• Street Furniture Contracts

• Congestion Charging


In Cities around the world the transit funding is part of the transportation budget for the region.

Here are examples:

• Boston, • London and • San Francisco.


Boston, an example of federal funds• “Metropolitan Area Planning

Council“• Massachusetts Department of

Transportation• Federal Transit Administration.


The Operator

• Alta Bicycle Share

• Partnership with Public Bike Share Company

• Revenue guarantee

• Share profits


Theft and vandalism guarantee



Revenue

Arlington. 41 stations and 286 bikes • $411,000 in revenues from memberships,

user fees, and sponsorships • $473,000 in operations expenses, • $170,000 in management and marketing

expenses, • $643,000 in total expenses.• Arlington/DC:• 140 stations and 1,200 bikes• 19,200 annual and 105,644 casual


Location, Location, Location



If it’s not working move it.


A Network of Stations

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Figure 8: Preferred Docking Station Network based on Aggregate Population Density

Toronto Public Bicycle System Proposed Service Area

0 1,000 2,000500 metres

Aggregate Density (ha)

0 - 53

54 - 67

68 - 85

86 - 129

130 - 1,024

Docking Stations

Data Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Prepared by: Andrea M. Garcia


Lessons Learned

• Have a champion (e.g. Mayor)

• Buy the system and own it from the start.

• Do not give away sponsorships

• Stations are important not the number of bikes

• Go to the users


Questions?

Sean WheldrakeProject Lead

Cycling Infrastructure and Programs Unit

Transportation Infrastructure Management Section

Transportation ServicesCity of Toronto

850 Coxwell Ave. 2 Flr.Toronto, Ontario. M4C 5R1Ph: 416 [email protected]

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