bike sharing

Bike-sharing systems are clean transportation modes that contribute to reducing traffic congestion, air pollution, and improving access to public transportation. The use of clean transportation, especially bike-sharing systems, are considered an effective solution for addressing traffic-related problems, air pollution, and improving the quality of life around the world. Unfortunately, in Iran, this mode of transportation has not been given much attention, and Low share of intra-city trips is made using bike-sharing systems. To adopt effective transportation policies in this regard, it is necessary to identify the factors affecting the choice of bike-sharing systems. In this study, the choice of using bike-sharing systems was modeled using a ordered logit model to identify the factors affecting the maximum duration for using bike-sharing systems in Tehran city. Data were collected using a questionnaire, with a total of 418 completed questionnaires, which were reduced to 400 after cleaning the data. According to the results, factors such as providing a safe environment for cycling (constructing dedicated bike lanes), air cleanliness, Road aesthetics, very low environmental gradients on the last trip, resulted in using bike-sharing systems for more than 15 minutes. Factors such as the feeling of social deprivation while riding a bike, physical weakness, lack of interest in bike-sharing systems, commuting for work purposes, resulted in not using or using bike-sharing systems for less than 15 minutes.

Public bodies endeavor to reduce air pollution to improve citizens' quality of life the main interest of social innovations in the area of environment is reducing society’s environmental impact It is the ambition of many social innovation initiatives to bring new solutions to environmental problems in providing a local context to often global environmental problems. Today, bike sharing systems that can be used as a solution to reduce environmental pollution. This new bike sharing system gains in popularity, and develops dramatically all across world. The rapid development of bicycle-sharing systems around the world has been hailed as a sign of environmental movement, with positive implications for transportation, the economy and health in urban areas. The purpose of this article focuses on investigating what the roles of this new bike sharing system are urban mobility in Iran specifically in Tehran and its impact on society. We choose the bike sharing Service Company - bdood, as our case study object to investigate the bike sharing system in Iran major cities, specifically in Tehran. Research method, qualitative type based on library study, interview and discussion with the founders and experts of Bdood were selected in a targeted manner. Descriptive statistics and step-by-step coding with qualitative data analysis software MAXQDA.The findings show that, Traditional bicycle trade still plays an important role in many parts of the world. Unfortunately, the average use of personal bicycles is very low. Public bicycles provided by the government complemented public transportation in a more sustainable manner. However, ..