Dviračių dalijimosi sistemos įgyvendinimo geografinės ir socialinės dimensijos – Klaipėdos miesto atvejis

LTDviračių dalijimosi sistema (DDS) skatina Klaipėdos miesto ir priemiesčių gyventojų darnų judumą, t. y. trumpu atstumu (3–5 km) po miestą keliauti nuomotais dviračiais. Tokia nauja keliavimo tradicija, ypač šiltuoju metų laiku, skatina kasdienio judumo poreikiams naudoti dviračius kaip keliavimo lengvaisiais automobiliais alternatyvą. Straipsnyje apžvelgti kitų šalių pavyzdžiai, skatinantys po miesto teritorijas keliauti dviračiais, išanalizuotos DDS įgyvendinimo socialinės ir geografinės dimensijos Klaipėdoje. Geografiniu požiūriu vertintos keliavimo dviračiais sąlygos, dviračių infrastruktūra, takų būklė. Aptarti miesto ir priemiesčių gyventojų apklausos dėl DDS vystymo, poreikio keliauti dviračiais rezultatai. Parengtas DDS stotelių geolokacijos planas atitinka gyventojų keliavimo po miestą dviračiais poreikį, skatinant darnaus judumo principų įgyvendinimą. [Iš leidinio]

ENThe changing economic situation as well as the rise of ecological ideas, both revert to the reduction of consumption of resources, i.e., to saving and preserving them with as little traces of human consequences as possible. These trends are also appropriate for the public transport systems in big cities. The pursuit of a healthy lifestyle related to the use of bicycles for daily mobility. The coherent work of municipal and other local authorities in developing bicycle infrastructure provides good conditions for increasing the awareness of bicycle usage for daily mobility as alternative to cars. One of the examples is the Bike-Sharing System (hereinafter – BSS), which has already existed in Lithuania for several years. Due to the lack of information, urban residents are not yet fully acquainted with this system or have unproperly perceived the essential operational principles of BSS. In recent years, the series of articles on the use of bicycles for daily mobility in urban areas have been published by European, Chinese, and US researchers, however, in Lithuania, practically there are no such research, as well as in Latvia, Belarus, Russia and Poland. In Lithuania, this topic has not even been under geographical and social examination. In Klaipėda’s Strategic Development Plan for 2013–2020, it is envisaged the implementation of principles of sustainable mobility in the system of urban communication. One of the principles is the development of bicycle infrastructure and the possibility of choosing an alternative mode of travel. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the infrastructure of bicycle transport, i.e., to equip bicycle paths, parking lots, bike storage places, safe bike riding trails, and to introduce safety measures that allow combining bicycle transport with other modes of transport.Since 17 May 2017, in the city of Klaipėda, this system was implemented by the private joint stock company “City Bee”, instead of the municipality’s planes to install BSS. There were founded 17 stops for bike sharing with 43 bikes for rent. These facilities were also installed in Kopgalis and Free Economic Zone. According to the collected data of observation, people got interested in the newly installed BSS in the city. There have been even determined the five most popular stops: nearby the Polyclinics, the University, New Ferry Quay, Acropolis and Meridianas. According to the survey, in which participated 259 respondents of Klaipėda city and suburban areas, 171 respondents (66%) knew about a bike sharing system and its main operational principles. Moreover, the respondents also considered that BBS stops should be located in strategically convenient places near the busiest places devoted for pedestrians. For example, they considered these bike stops to be located on the main streets of the city nearby the bus stops, public buildings (educational institutions, shopping and entertainment centres, markets, libraries, etc.). Applying the interpolation method, the authors of the paper defined the perspective BSS servicing areas in the city and based on the results of the buffer analysis proposed a geolocation of BSS in the city. [From the publication]