Academics and professional planners have access to plenty of research and data to continue to improve and expand bikeshare systems around the world.
An article by Leighton Walter Kille shares some of the the findings of a 2015 research survey and analysis published in Transport Reviews, titled "Bikeshare: A Review of Recent Literature," which provides an overview of the state of research on bikeshare programs around the world.
After noting that the modern era of bikeshare commenced in 2005 with the launch of Velo'v in Lyon, France, the scale of such systems has exploded. According to Kille, "there are more than 850 public bikeshare system around the world, from Lansing, Mich., to New York City; from Melbourne, Australia, to Helsinki, Finland."
Kille goes on to detail some of the past research into the benefits of bikeshare before breaking down some of the details of the recent study. Findings are explained according to the following categories: 1) bikeshare growth and system size, 2) usage, 3) user preferences, 4) user demographics, 5) health impacts, and 6) system impacts.
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