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Making our cities more liveable
Leading European Bike Share Operators and Suppliers - Donkey Republic, Moventia, nextbike, PBSC, Ride On, Smoove, Urban Sharing, Qucit, eBikeLabs, Beryl and Pony - have joined forces to form an Expert Group under Cycling Industries Europe. The group was launched at the Velo-city conference on 27 June 2019 in Dublin.
Erdem Ovacik CEO of Donkey Republic is the Chair of the group and Caroline Van Renterghem from Smoove has the role of Vice Chair. Lauha Fried runs the group from CIE's side.
As a pivotal solution to some of the most pressing issues facing our cities today including traffic congestion, air pollution, climate change, health, affordability and public spaces invaded by cars cycling plays a central role in transforming the urban mobility sector. Globally, transport is the fastest growing contributor to greenhouse gases and already accounts for 25% of all CO2 emissions. According to World Health Organisation (WHO) air pollution is the biggest transport-related threat to public health, with more than 500 000 people dying prematurely every year in Europe; followed by insufficient physical activity and noise pollution.
With the emergence of electric-assist motors in the bike-share space, dockless sharing technology and the continued evolution of station-based technology, the value that bicycles bring to people, cities, and the world is transformative.
CIE Expert Group on Bike Share represents the leading investors in cycling industry, creating innovative transport solutions and thousands of green, sustainable jobs. The BSEG looks forward to working with cities and policy makers to support them in the rapidly changing active mobility landscape.
Urban mobility is going through a modal shift from cars into bikes - an increasing number of frontrunning cities from Paris to Barcelona and Madrid to Rome, London, Berlin, Hamburg and Helsinki are introducing full or partial ban on cars making cities more liveable, healthy and sustainable. See our latest campaing on Here's why we want every city in Europe to have its own bike share system here, with a supporting position paper here.
OBJECTIVES
- Creating a leadership group for the sector to drive the industry forward
- Establishing a central bike share expertise hub - pulling together expertise, conducting research and collecting key data of the sector along with best practise sharing - becoming the go to reference for the sector
- Increasing visibility of the sector by campaigns, speaking at key events and liaising with policy-makers and other relevant stakeholders
- Working towards a single European data standard
- Making bike sharing an integral part of urban mobility in European cities, see our latest campaign here.
Find our more about our vision in our position paper, June 2020.
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MEMBERS
online monthly meeting every 1st Thursday of the month
JOINING THE GROUP
This group is a membership-driven initiative which works together with the support of the CIE Secretariat. Membership is open to all Cycling Industries Europe members.
Why join the Bike Share Expert Group?
The European leadership group will help to drive the sector forward. Issues can be discussed and dealt with in an industry wide forum, saving you time and providing greater efficiency. You will benefit from strong advocacy work, increased visibility for your company and for the sector, work on specific topics such as development towards single European standard, industry guidelines and best practice exchange.