Mobike Revolutionizes Urban Transportation in Cities Around the World

(Source: Mobike)

Since our previous post regarding Mobike’s successful leverage of big data and AI, more examples of urban areas that have been profoundly impacted by Mobike’s innovative technology have emerged. Mobike and the data-driven insights it harnesses are helping cities around the world alleviate congestion, develop infrastructure and optimize accessibility.

Replacing Cars and Relieving Traffic

In Beijing, Mobike has been shown to relieve traffic through our collaborative study with Tencent’s GaoDe maps. Results indicate that within a period of just six months, Mobikes reduced rush hour traffic congestion in Beijing’s CBD area by 16% and increased the average speed of cars by 3.5 km/hour. Providing an alternative to cars has not only reduced time spent in traffic but also notably saved CO2 emissions in many of our global cities including Milan, Washington DC and Sydney.

Informing Plans for Cycling Infrastructure

The 3 terabytes of data Mobike collects daily has been a key resource to municipalities looking to develop cycling infrastructure. As highlighted in our most recent white paper, the city government in Jilin, China used Mobike data to identify the most concentrated cycling areas to build an additional 4,000 bike parking spots. Similarly, hundreds of parking spaces were added in Singapore based on Mobike data that highlighted the areas with the highest cycling demand.

Providing Accessibility

A driving reason behind Mobike’s mission to bring cycling back to cities is that it allows urban residents to get more out of the places they live in. In Washington DC, Mobike has shortened commutes by acting as a means of connecting public transportation, making an additional 200,000 job opportunities accessible within 30 minutes of commuting from the city center. In fact, we were so pleased with the results that we donated 10,000 free rides to homeless youth of the Covenant House charity in Washington DC.

In recognition of these groundbreaking changes, Mobike has been invited by the World Bank to collect data on subway and bus stops around the world to help cities achieve the World Bank's Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Standard. TOD dictates that under ideal circumstances, city residents should live no more than 10 minutes away from public transit. Originally, this implied having to reside within an 800m walking distance of a bus or train station. However, thanks to the widespread availability of shared bikes, residents in cities with Mobike can now be situated over 2km away while still being able to access public transportation within the 10-minute TOD standard.

The above picture shows how the area of residents living no more than 10 minutes away from the Xinzhuang Station in Shanghai has grown more than twofold since Mobike’s launch.

To learn more about how Mobike’s innovative technology is revolutionizing urban transportation, see our most recent white paper hereand keep an eye on our social pages for future updates!