Are bike share programs truly green? | Conservation - 1 views
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But bike shares aren’t automobile-free. These programs need to ensure that each station is well-stocked with bikes. That means that support vehicles such as trucks must “rebalance” the fleet by moving bikes from nearly-full stations to those that are running low. The question is: Does the reduction in car travel caused by bike sharing make up for the extra vehicle travel added to maintain the program in the first place?
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"According to a new study, London's bike share program actually increases the number of automobile miles driven per year, partly because trucks are needed to ferry bikes between stations."
