Community bicycle program | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 07/01/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle-sharing_system


00:00:56 1 History
00:08:52 2 Categorisation
00:10:06 2.1 Staffed stations
00:13:53 2.2 White bikes
00:16:18 2.3 Coin deposit stations
00:18:33 2.4 Automated stations
00:21:53 2.5 Dockless bikes
00:26:06 3 Goals of bike sharing
00:27:34 4 Operation
00:28:46 4.1 Partnership with public transport sector
00:30:10 4.2 Partnership with car park operators
00:30:30 4.3 Partnership with car-share operations
00:31:02 5 Financing
00:31:34 5.1 User fees
00:32:55 5.2 Volunteer work
00:33:28 5.3 Charity sources
00:33:50 5.4 Advertisement revenue
00:35:18 5.5 Government subsidies
00:36:27 5.6 Harvesting of user-data
00:37:05 6 Usage patterns
00:39:38 7 Global distribution of bike-sharing systems
00:39:50 8 Economic impact
00:40:54 8.1 Positive externalities
00:41:04 8.1.1 Reduction of traffic congestion
00:42:34 8.1.2 Reduction of pollution
00:44:25 8.2 Negative externalities
00:44:35 8.2.1 Reduced car parking
00:45:16 8.2.2 Urban clutter
00:46:01 8.3 Pecuniary effects
00:47:40 8.4 Internalization of externalities
00:47:51 8.4.1 Public-private partnerships
00:48:56 8.5 Dangers of over-supply
00:51:12 9 Health impacts
00:52:19 10 Criticism
00:54:19 11 See also



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A bicycle-sharing system, public bicycle system, or bike-share scheme, is a service in which bicycles are made available for shared use to individuals on a short term basis for a price or free. Many bike share systems allow people to borrow a bike from a "dock" and return it at another dock belonging to the same system. Docks are special bike racks that lock the bike, and only release it by computer control. The user enters payment information, and the computer unlocks a bike. The user returns the bike by placing it in the dock, which locks it in place. Other systems are dockless. For many systems, smartphone mapping apps show nearby available bikes and open docks.