PEBSS seeks to embed bike-share at the core of urban (shared) mobility as one of its most efficient, flexible and affordable solutions. These two documents we developed are meant to guide cities, local authorities and their transport departments in reviewing offers of public-use bike share and renewing their legacy arrangements as they seek to upgrade and grow the local fleet(s).

Bike share has been growing all over Europe (and the world), with more schemes, more bicycles and more users entering this ecosystem every day. Technological innovations have simultaneously progressed; we now have e-bike share systems, app-based, dock-less systems, and we can collect data from GPS to better understand how the city moves.With such a plethora of approaches and options for implementing public-use bike share, cities may need guidance to frame the conversation with bike share operators, and by extent avoid politically and economically costly decisions.

PEBSS, in collaboration with UITP, NABSA and Bikeplus, is presenting the official Policy Framework for Smart Public-use Bike Sharing, for cities looking for strategic guidance for the implementation or upgrade of a bike sharing system. 

This framework is meant to help local administrations and transport authorities of cities, understand the role of bike sharing schemes in their mobility plans, and sets best practices to ensure that bike share is fully embraced as an essential component of a city’s public transport network. 

Parallel to this framework, PEBSS has also developed a Common Position Paper on Unlicensed Dockless Bike Share. The result is a comprehensive guide to deal with the different - and sometimes problematic - approaches of bike share operators.

This position paper explains and addresses the disruptive innovation of app-based, un-anchored and un-licensed bike share schemes, and how that may affect Western markets as they expand aggressively. Directed towards cities and their local transport authorities, it succinctly describes opportunities and threats of such systems. 

Together, the two strategic documents aim to guide municipalities in organising an integrated Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) including a bike sharing service as one of its most efficient and flexible solutions. 

Policy Framework for Smart Public-use Bike Sharing

Common Position Paper on Unlicensed Dockless Bike Share

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