IT solutions in logistics of smart bike-sharing systems in urban transport

• Authors: Marzenna Cichosz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

IT solutions in logistics of smart bike-sharing systems in urban transport In recent years, the public transport of Krakow, Rzeszow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Opole and Warsaw has expanded into the third generation bike-sharing programs - smart bikes. It’s an innovative solution, deploying IT systems and technology to integrate individual stations of urban bike rental system. The article presents the business model solution, its functionality from the perspective of customers and operator, and shows the role of IT solutions support in managing the logistics of rental network. An illustrative case of „Veturilo” solution implementation is presented.

Keywords

EN

Bike-sharing; public bike; urban logistics; sustainable urban transport

PL

Rower publiczny; logistyka miejska; zrównoważony rozwój transportu miejskiego

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Management
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 272-283

Dates

published

2013-12-01

online

2013-12-04

Contributors

author

Marzenna Cichosz

• Warsaw School of Economic (SGH), Department of Logistics

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• 8. Interview conducted on May 13, 2013, with Mrs. Maria Przytulską - Head of the Program Analysis Division in the Office of Transportation and Road Infrastructure, Authority of the Capital City of Warsaw and on May 14, 2013 with Mr. Łukasz Puchalski - Head of the Department of Communication Hubs’ Management in Warsaw ZTM (Municipal Transport Authority) and Mr. Marcin Czajkowski - inspector of the Department of Communication Hubs’ Management in Warsaw ZTM (Municipal Transport Authority).

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/manment-2013-0071