{"id":187,"date":"2009-11-15T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2010-01-06T17:02:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T17:02:07","slug":"ridecph-a-bike-sharing-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.ishback.com\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"rideCPH, a bike sharing concept for Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Copenhagen was the first city to introduce a bike sharing system, in 1995. Since then, different cities have launched a bike sharing service as a healthy, environmentally respectful mean of transportation. Bicing<\/a> (Barcelona) is a good example of success, having a high acceptation from locals and commuters – more than 400 stations and 6.000 bicycles in 2 years. However, the uni-directional flows and the lack of bike lanes in some districts are still challenging the system for a continuous improvement.<\/p>\n

The city of Copenhagen, aware that its system was one step behind the modern ones, started an open design competition<\/a> for the new Copenhagen bike sharing system. During our Upgrade Skills at CIID (Flash course), we were asked to design an interactive touch-point for the future system to be deployed in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

My concept aim to combine a simple and fast service for regular users and a guidance service for punctual users and specially, tourists. In my opinion, they should be a main target for for two reasons: 1. most of the people living in Copenhagen already have a bike, 2. discover the city riding a bike is part of the local culture and could lead to a better impression and experience.<\/p>\n

The guidance service allows to select a route in the touch-point. The bicycles are equipped with a module with GPS and LED’s that guides the user to the selected points.<\/p>\n

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Following, a video of the concept rideCPH<\/em> showing the service and the interaction in the touch-point.<\/p>\n

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