‘Bike-share-and-ride’ users: who they are and what they think of travelling to rail and bus public transport hubs

The bicycle has successfully emerged in recent years as a promising alternative to the motorised transport that dominates cities. It also plays a pronounced role in multimodal mobility when combining cy- cling and public transport using the bike and ride model. Bicycle sharing systems (BSS) present a significant opportunity for the development of this form of mobility, and in combination with public transport they can give rise to a ‘bike-share-and-ride’ model. This form of transport can, however, be associated with numerous barriers and limitations; therefore, the aim of the study is to analyse the opinions of people using the BSS in the large Polish city of Toruń. The analysis has taken into account the results of a survey conducted among those using the system [N = 1114], including in particular those using it to access public transport hubs [N = 282]. The study observed that people using BSS for multimodal mobility use bike sharing more often than other users and in more months during the year. Women were shown to be less involved in this mobility pattern. In line with previous studies, it was also observed that the most important alternative to bike sharing for multimodal BSS users is public transport.