Measuring the Sustainability of U.S. Public Bicycle Systems

<p>As cities worldwide plan for increasing urbanization levels, new challenges in mobility will arise. Any approach taken to address these new issues will need to consider how to move more people with declining resources, thus the need for a sustainable solution arises. This thesis examines the growing trend of cities creating public bicycle systems as a means to add sustainability to a transportation system and identifies what are the criteria and indicators of a sustainable public bicycle. The criteria and indicators are used to examine data collection techniques of three Public Bicycle Systems in the United States: Capital Bikeshare in Washington, D.C., Nice Ride in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denver B-Cycle in Denver, Colorado.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.U.R.P.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Urban and Regional Planning

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Williamson, Max W

Contributors dc:contributor

• John L. Renne, Ph.D.
• Catherine Lowe, Ph.D.
• Peter Newman, Ph.D.

• Public Bicycles
• Bike Share
• Sustainability
• Urban Transportation
• Non-Motorized Transportation
• Urban, Community and Regional Planning

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1574

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2626