Inequalities in the London bicycle sharing system revisited: impacts of extending the scheme to poorer areas but then doubling prices |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK;2. Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK;1. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;2. Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;3. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;1. Healthy Urban Living, Department Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Queensland Transport and Main Roads Chair School of Urban Development, Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering and Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety (CARRS-Q), Faculty of Health Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia;3. Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland, K Block, Queensland University of Technology, 130 Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Qld 4059, Australia;1. Department Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands;2. Queensland Transport and Main Roads Endowed Chair, School of Urban Development, Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety (CARRS-Q), Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George St., GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia;3. Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland, K Block, Queensland University of Technology, 130 Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia;4. SGS Economics and Planning, Level 5, 171 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;1. Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;2. College of Architecture and Landscape, Peking University, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | Cycling confers transport, health and environmental benefits, and bicycle sharing systems are an increasingly popular means of promoting urban cycling. Following the launch of the London bicycle sharing system (LBSS) in 2010, women and residents of deprived areas were under-represented among initial users. This paper examines how the profile of users has changed across the scheme’s first 3 years, using total-population registration and usage data. We find that women still make fewer than 20% of all ‘registered-use’ LBSS trips, although evidence from elsewhere suggests that the introduction of ‘casual’ use has encouraged a higher overall female share of trips. The proportion of trips by registered users from ‘highly-deprived areas’ (in the top tenth nationally for income deprivation) rose from 6% to 12%. This was due not only to the 2012 LBSS extension to some of London’s poorest areas, but also to a steadily increasing share of trips by residents of highly-deprived areas in the original LBSS zone. Indirect evidence suggests, however, that the twofold increase in LBSS prices in January 2013 has disproportionately discouraged casual-use trips among residents of poorer areas. We conclude that residents in deprived areas can and do use bicycle sharing systems if these are built in their local areas, and may do so progressively more over time, but only if the schemes remain affordable relative to other modes. |
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| Keywords: | Bicycle sharing system Inequalities Gender Socio-economic position London |
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