| Bicike(lj) – mestno kolo –bike sharing scheme | |
| Brief Description | In 2011 the City of Ljubljana launched the Bicike(LJ) bike sharing system. It is an excellent example of effectively establishing infrastructure with the goal of reducing harmful traffic emissions, improving air quality, and facilitating quick and easy mobility around the city. To achieve the idea, the city of Ljubljana and Europlakat, private outdoor advertising company, have established public-private partnership, which saw Europlakat providing initial funds for system establishing, as well as funds for regular annual maintenance of the system, while in turn being awarded specified locations for billboard placements in the city free of charge for a period of 15 years. It is envisaged that system offers residents and visitors alike a more environmentally- and people-friendly means of transport around town that replaces the usage of private cars. The construction of system was based on similar examples from other cities, like Paris, taking into consideration strengths and weakness, transferring them into local context. It offers automated, almost free of charge, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year access to bikes, which can be used as a convenient mean of transport. If the bike is rented for less than an hour, the renter will not be charged at all; if the period of rental is up to 2 hours, the system charges 1 euro and so on. Currently, there are more than 35 bike stations throughout the city and bikes can be lifted from one station and left to another one. All renters must register themselves; one-week registration costs 1 euro, while annual registration costs 3 euros. It can be used by all persons aged 14 and above, and one of the main concern with the system was the broad set of information required for registration and risks of possible misuse of such information. |
| Image | Logo.jpg) |
| European Country/Countries | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| Field | Moving: Cycling |
| Type | Product |
| Impact | Health, Equity, Environmental sustainability |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Target Group | General population, Low socio-economic status |
| Evaluation | Yes |
| Level | Local |
| INHERIT Perspective | This project has been chosen for inclusion because, at least in theory, it may produce benefits in physical and possibly mental health in individuals through increasing physical activity and by providing less polluted living environment. The intervention itself produces changes to the environmental state, thus influencing individual and communal exposure through increased physical access of bikes at virtual no cost. It has a clear emphasis on changing behavior. |
| Detailed description PDF filename | Download file |
| Relevant links | http://www.bicikelj.si |
| Contact | Blaž Kersnik, head of Bicike(lj) project; e-mail: blaz.kersnik@bicikelj.si |
