Bicycle sharing system
Public bike rental systems are a form of bike rental, where the bikes are usually in public places or at public access stations. These systems are set up by companies or municipalities. The use of wheels made by such systems available is particularly suitable for short distances in urban areas. In contrast to their own bike, the user need not worry about maintenance, shutdown and securing of the bike. At the beginning of the 21st century have many communities, particularly in France, generally discovered such systems as a new public mobility services and as a means to promote cycling. Public bike rental systems are now found worldwide.
Provider ( selection)
Some vendors have this growing market now discovered a lucrative gap in order to make cities an eco-friendly transportation to residents, without the need to worry about investment or operating costs. Farms were such Mietsysteme especially abroad mostly by various outdoor advertising companies, such as Clear Channel (Smart Bikes), JCDecaux (System Cyclo City ), GEWISTA ( City Bike Salzburg and City Bike Vienna), Smoove, Ströer (Call a Bike) and Bicincittà .. Especially be in Germany meanwhile, the systems usually operated by vendors who specialize in this service as Nextbike and Call a Bike and partially receive public funds for it.
Some providers are involved in a number of cities in litigation against each other or with a city or affected by antitrust decisions or outdoor advertising bans, for example in Hamburg, Dublin, Geneva and Barcelona.