To improve efficiency and reduce the total scheduling cost of the public bicycle system (PBS), dynamic scheduling based on the predicted inventory variation rate (DS-PIVR) is proposed. Regarding a station in the PBS as an inventory system, its invent...
Cycling is known to be environmentally friendly and beneficial to public health and sustainable urban development. Cycling has recently increased in Chinese cities as a result of the emergence of station-less bike-sharing systems. This study examines...
Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, the Westlawn neighborhood is home to the State of Wisconsin’s largest public housing development. Westlawn is a low-income, African-American urban community that suffers from a wide range of health and environmen...
Bicycle sharing programs provide a sustainable mode of urban transportation. Although cities across the globe have developed these systems for their citizens and visitors, usage rates are not as high as anticipated. This research uses the technology...
Cycling is an increasingly popular mode of transport as part of the response to air pollution, urban congestion, and public health issues. The emergence of bike sharing programs and electric bicycles have also brought about notable changes in cycling...
Bike lending offers a service that enables individuals to borrow bicycles for short-term use (i.e., ranging from 2 hours to 36 months), typically from designated locations within cities, campuses, or communities. Unlike bikesharing systems that typic...
A matheuristic approach that combines a reduced variable neighbourhood search (rVNS) algorithm and a mathematical programming (MP) solver to solve a novel model for the districting problem in a public bicycle-sharing system is presented. The problem...
24 July 2019
Cycling is a green, sustainable, and healthy choice for transportation that has been widely advocated worldwide in recent years. It can also encourage the use of public transit by solving the “last-mile” issue, because transit passengers...
In the context of mounting mobility issues in Latin American cities, bicycles are emerging as a vital sustainable solution. However, their widespread adoption is hindered by various obstacles. This study aimed to identify and prioritize human factors...
This paper proposes a multi agent system that provides visualization and prediction tools for bike sharing systems (BSS). The presented multi-agent system includes an agent that performs data collection and cleaning processes, it is also capable of c...
Governments are encouraging public transportation and bicycle-sharing systems to promote sustainable development and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Despite the expansion of Taipei’s YouBike program, many stations frequently run out of bikes o...
3 July 2019
Background: Chronic exposure to occupational stress may lead to negative health consequences. Creating less stressful work environments and making employees physically and psychologically more resilient against stress are therefore two major public h...
15 October 2019
Background: With the emergence of electronic products, smartphones have become an indispensable tool in our daily life. On the other hand, smartphone addiction has become a public health issue. To help reduce smartphone addiction, cost-effective inte...