Who uses public bicycles?

Public Bicycle Sharing Systems are becoming increasingly common across the world’s cities and towns – but who is making use of them? A new study in Applied Economics Letters finds a difference between those who use public bicycle schemes, and those who prefer to use their own bike. The study, carried out by a research team in Seville, Spain, surveyed 1395 users of the Seville public bicycle scheme SEVici, and gathered further information from 451 private bicycle users in the area.