pedicab / cargo bike for bike sharing

Pedicab / Cargo Bike for

Bike Sharing

by Imam Wiratmadja

Background

0Cities all over the world have took the advantages of bike sharing

0 In Indonesia, Bike Sharing has yet to be fully implemented

0Possible problems and challenges requires local insight to be understood

Problems In Implementing Bike Sharing

0 Apparent conflict with other last-mile transportation mode: ojek

0 Not everybody feels it’s comfortable enough to cycle

0 Not everybody feels it’s proper for them to cycle

Ensure the Bike Sharing’s sustaining operation :

0How to make it secure from theft

0How to ensure significant user base & frequent usage

0How to make it attractive as advertising medium

IDEA

Ojek + Bike Sharing, by using Pedicab / Cargo Bike

How it works

0 Citizen who intended to go from A to B come to the docking station

0 If he is a registered member and willing to bike, he can assign the bike by himself to carry friends / family

0 He can choose to hire a driver (who are being around the docking station, like ojek) to drive the pedicab

0 Like common Bike Sharing scheme, if the pedicab returned to any docking station within 30 minutes, the charge is very low / free

0 Assigning & returning the pedicab can be done by the driver or by the passanger if he is registered

Advantages of Pedicab/ Cargo Bike

Multi-passenger / Cargo Capacity

More surface for ad display

Less easy to be stolen

Ensured Frequent User

Advantage over Privately Owned Pedicab / Cargo Bike

0More ordered & coordinated0Ensure better maintenance0Less investment for driver0Free to choose to ride it yourself

Challenges

0Regulation0Member registration0Wide dimension to take on the roads0Transporting units to even the distribution0More expensive unit

Alternative Pedicab Design

Three-wheeled Cargo Bike Two-wheeled Longjohn