119934 20240319081018.0 doi 10.1016/j.eap.2022.09.015 sideral 130772 ART-2022-130772 eng Giménez Nadal, J. I. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1610-5451 Increasing the use of public bicycles: efficiency and demand 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Millions of people travel every day by car in cities around the world, with daily mobility being one of the main contributors to CO2 emissions. Bicycle-sharing systems are a mobility alternative to cars that may help to reduce CO2 and GHG emissions. We analyze a public bike-sharing service (BIZI, in Zaragoza, Spain, May 2008–August 2019, 24 million uses), from the perspective of both efficiency and demand profiles, to determine whether the use of bicycles in the city can be increased. We study the evolution of the use of the BIZI service, showing that efficiency increased rapidly at first and reached an optimum value after the first two years. Using regression models, we characterize the groups that use this service the most and relate bicycle demand to factors such as weather conditions, number of bike lanes, and service extensions. Our analysis allows us to characterize the demand for BIZI as being subject, primarily, to weather conditions. This factor may reduce or boost the demand for this kind of service, which may help bike-sharing firms to decide on possible locations. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 6.5 2022 ECONOMICS 31 / 380 = 0.082 2022 Q1 T1 1.098 2022 Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) 2022 Q1 Economics and Econometrics 2022 Q1 6.9 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Gracia Lázaro, C. (orcid)0000-0002-9769-8796 Molina, J. A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9437-4606 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 76 (2022), 745-754 Economic Analysis and Policy 0313-5926 1122010 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/119934/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2426330 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/119934/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:119934 articulos driver 2024-03-18-15:53:20 ARTICLE