CONTENTS
List of Figures vi
List of Table vii
Abbreviations viii
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Problem Statement 1
1.3 Research Question 1
1.4 Objective 1
1.5 Research Methodology 2
1.5.1 Data Collection Tools 2
1.6 Scope of Work and Study Area 4
2. Literature Review 5
2.1 What is a bike share? 5
2.2 Difference between Bicycle share and Bicycle rental 5
2.3 Benefits of Public Bicycle Sharing 6
2.4 Evolution of Bike Sharing Technologies . 7
2.5 Global Bike Sharing Industries 8
2.6. Public Bicycle Sharing in India 8
2.7 Types of Public Bicycle Sharing Schemes 10
2.8 SWOT Analysis of PBS in context to Indian cities 14
3. Assessment of PBSS of India 16
3.1 Assesment of Gbike- Gandhinagar 16
3.2 Assesment of Trin Trin- Mysore 21
3.3 Assesment of Bhubaneswar-Mo Cycle 26
3.4 Assesment of Bangalore PBS 29
3.5 Opearations of Yulu Bikes 30
3.5.1 Organization Structure of Yulu Bikes 30
3.5.2 Redistribution of Bicycles. 30
3.5.3 Working of Different Departments 31
3.6 International Case Studies : Business Models 32
4. Evaluation 36
4.1 User Friendly System 36
4.2 Service Level Agreements 38
5.Survey Analysis 40
6. Recommendations for Ahmedabad City 44
7. Summary of Recommendation for Ahmedabad 48
Bibliography 49