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problem

concepts
problem

why bike?
energy

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why bike?
health
-Three-quarters of American adults will be overweight or obese by
2015.
-Active commuting that incorporates cycling and walking is associated with an overall 11% reduction in cardiovascular risk.
-Each hour spent driving a day corresponds with a 6% increase in the odds of being obese.
-On the same urban route, car drivers were exposed to more airborne pollution than cyclists, despite the cyclists’ higher respiration rates.

economics
-In 2005, congestion caused 4.2 billion hours of travel delay and
2.9 billion gallons of wasted fuel, equaling a cost of more than $78
billion.
-The average annual operating cost of a bicycle is around $200, less than 1.5% that of an average car.
-In 2000, overweight and obesity cost the U.S. $117 billion.
-If all Americans ages 10-64 were to bicycle instead of drive for 60 minutes a day, gasoline demand would be reduced by 48 billion gallons,
equal to 35% of 2005 domestic oil consumption.
-The Wisconsin bicycle industry brings $556 million and 3,420 jobs to the state.
-Bicycling brings more than $1 billion to the Colorado state economy.

environment
-Bicycling instead of driving for 5 miles a day reduces individual
CO2 emissions by 1,287 lbs annually*, about 6% of the average U.S.
individual’s total emissions.
-If all Americans between 10-64 were to bicycle instead of drive for 60 minutes a day, the resulting reduction in CO2 emissions would be 11%
of 1990 net US emissions.
-A 5% increase in the walkability of a neighborhood is associated with a per capita 32.1% increase in active travel, 6.5% fewer miles driven,
5.6% fewer grams of NOx emitted, and 5.5% fewer grams of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted.
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energy
in north america, the term “BTU” is
used to describe the heat value (energy
content) of fuels.

cars- 3,885 BTU

buses- 4,365 BTU
rail- 2,600 BTU
prius- 1,659 BTU
bicycles- 0 BTU (human powered)

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observations
existing systems
surveys
conclusions

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deconstruction
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downtown

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existing systems

Velib
On July 15, 2007, the city of Paris will debut a new self-service “bicycle transit system” called Velib’. 750 locations offering a
total of 10,648 bikes. The city of Paris has over 371 km (230 miles) of cycling lanes.

OY Bike
The OYBike network is designed to work with other modes of transport and is available at tube stations, public buildings,
key transport interchanges and car parks. By codes you request and receive via your mobile phone to unlock or return your
OYBike to the electronic, self-containing docking stations.Prices lie between £ .30 up to 15 minutes (£ .70 cheaper than a bus
ride) and £8 for a whole day.

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surveys

2. Perceptions of Bicycles: sustainable, healthy. enjoyable, recreation, commuter, off road, transit, children, saving gas, utilitarian, excersize, unsafe.
10/13 people said distance to work bikable, only 3/13 people do
3. Average distance to work- 9 miles,

actually bike to work.

4. Most people stated safer roads as main factor to not biking to work.

9.Everyone answered Yes to wanting to see the roads be set up different for the
inclusion of bicycles.
10. Everyone said they wouldn’t mind seeing taxes go towards urban bike system, Half said they wouldn’t mind extra taxes if the need was there, half said they
wouldn’t mind gas taxes being created for a bike system.

14. more access to public transit, different schedule, and more freedom, were the main factors that people said would get them to use public transit more.

15. Changes to bicycles: tires going flat (cleveland), bike seat, storage, lights, motor, chain exposure, materials,

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conclusions
Bike Share System
Make it convienent, have freedom within system, inexpensive.
From the interviews-
storage capacities of the bicycle
road design, interaction of cars and bikes

How to get people to bike if they don’t, is it even possible? Finding a possible user.

University Circle
Microcosm of a city- all the facilities of a city, places of interest,
work, colleges, and everything in biking distance.
looking at the research, seems that regular working people realize good in biking, but for whatever reason do not bike. But in
University Circle there is already a large user base, and with the right resources in the right places, more people will bike

Next
Now:
Focus on the bike and locking mechanism to make the bike
system functional

Later:
Look at the structure of the system, dealing with membership and
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locking systems

reformating bikes
take old bikes and reformat them into a system. whatever
the attachent is would unify the bikes creating systemic
elements.

lock differently
creating different ways to lock bikes. can a lock be part of
the frame or part of the rack?

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utility riding

commuter bikes
creating different storage options for all the users to carry
whatever they might need.

ride differently
what can be done to create a better biking experience,
such as easy adjustments or electric assist.

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bikes
studies on different frame designs demonstrating utitility
and styling options.

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conclusions
develop locking mechanism
delve into the possibilities of what the locking mechanism can be, in order to be
able to be used to the fullest of potentials for the system.

as real as possible
After talking with all the people I did, doing all the research, and figuring
out concepts; the system needs and desrves to be as realistic as possible for
implementation in places such as Cleveland.

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refinement

locking mechanism
alias
hub
system

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locking mechanism
explorations on the
functionality of the
locking mechanism,
dealing greatly with
the interaction with the
bicycle.

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alias
exploring the
possibilities stylistically
using alias.

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hub
different ways the hub
might look and function.

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system
studies for what the map
might be and a look at
the system on the whole.

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reformating
locking mechanism
bikes
hubs
using Circle Share

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reformating

acquire bicycles
1 2 fix broken parts
that are not fit for of the bicycle
the road from the and take off all
community. paint as to make
it part of the sys-
tem.

add on the lock-

3 4 now bicycle can
ing mechanism be painted with
by welding the the system’s col-
support bars to ors.
the frame of the
bicycle.

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locking mechanism
swipe ID card across the blue light of the
card reader.

lock will disengage, grab lock and unreel.
locking mechanism
has contained within it
a cord lock and a card
Wrap cord around desired object and lock reader.
into the other side of the mechanism.

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bikes
find a bike on any rack and ride.

bicycle is orange with

blue accents, so it stands
ride bicycle anywhere you need to go. out against regular
bicycles.

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hubs
can’t find a bike? go to a hub!

hubs are the centralizing

bicycles will always be at the hubs. just unlock feature of the systems.
one and ride. they hold bicycles and
have all the information
bikers need to get
around: maps, rules, and
instructions.

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map

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legend displays map’s

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features.
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map of university circle illustrates where the hubs

are located.

hubs are located at points of interest for the

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rules
1___Bicycles are joint property of every member of Cycle Share.
_At no time may any member hinder the ability of other members
gaining access to bicycles.
_If members are witnessed doing acts of such kind, penalties to bicycle
usage will be enacted.

2___Hubs act as the integrity of Cycle Share.

_Bicycles do not have to be returned to Hubs at any time. All bicycles
work with regular bike racks.
_If there are no bicycles at regular bike racks. There will always be
bicycles at the hubs.

3___All laws that apply to automobiles apply to Cycle Share Bicycles.

_Police will have the discretion over situations involving breaking traffic
laws on bicycles.
_The only liberty bicycles are offered is, that within University Circle,



Bicycles are allowed on sidewalks and other walkways. If incidents do
occur, though, members will be held responsible for discretions.
_Outside of University Circle, members are expected to uphold
membership
community laws and regulations.
Anyone who either attends or is an employee of an institution within University
4___Circle Share holds no temporal and spacial limits for its bicycles. Circle is automatically a member of the Circle Share system.
_Bicycles can be taken where ever the Biker wants to go for as long as
the Biker needs it. If you do not qualify in that manner, membership to the system costs $40.
_Bicycles taken outside of University Circle must be returned to within
University Circle or charges may accrue. If bicycle is not returned ever, Once a member, there is unilateral access to all bike’s within the system.
membership will be in jeopardy.
_Charges will be accrued to Member’s account when a bicycle is taken Your University Circle Institution badge will act as system badge or a badge will
outside of University Circle for more than 24 hours. be issued to members.

5___Circle Share expects Members to wear helmets at all times on bicycles. Each Member will have an account created for them as to keep track of charges
for the system that will be connected to a bank account of the member’s
6___Charges will be applied to Member’s account for damages to bicycles. choosing.
_If bicycles are damaged during usage than charges correlating to
damages will accrue on member’s account.
_If bicycles are lost during usage, an investigation will be carried out to


determine Biker’s responsibility.
If multiple incidents occur with bicycles, member is subject to have
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