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Table 1 Examples of rental bicycle systems

From: Proposal for optimal placement platform of bikes using queueing networks

City

Name of rental bicycle

Number of nodes

Number of bikes

Niigata, Japan

Niigata Rental Cycle (4/2003–present)

20

164

Edogawa-ku, Japan

E-Cycle social experiment (9/2009–present)

3

400

Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama city community cycle (10/2009–11/2009)

10

100

Toyama, Japan

Aville (3/2011–6/2011)

15

150

Sakai, Japan

Sakai community cycle (9/2011–present)

4

450

Barcelona, Spain

Bicing (12/2007–present)

250

3000

Paris, France

Velib (7/2007–present)

1500

20,000

London, UK

London cycle Hire scheme (7/2010–present)

400

6000

Lyon, France

Vélo’v (5/2005–present)

250

3400

Madison, WI, USA

Madison B-cycle (3/2013–present)

33

300