2. Backgro
und
• Swarthmore College, UCL
• Examining Bike Culture in
Washington, D.C. and Copenhagen
• Hosted by
Centre for Liveable Cities in the
Ministry of National Development
Student Bike
Share
Copenhagen
3. Singapore: The
Lion City
• Population: 5.8 million ppl
• Land Area: 719.9 km2
• Population Density: 8,057 ppl
km2
• One of the richest and safest
countries in the world
Singapore
Skyline
4. Active Mobility in
Singapore
• Active Mobility Initiatives (2010s)
• National Cycling Plan (2014)
• Car-lite Initiative (2017)
5. Research Topics
• Technology and Bike Shares
• Public-Private Partnerships and
Engagement
• Sociology of Biking in
Singapore
• Migrant Workers
6. Methodology
• Participatory Observation
• Interviews with Key
Stakeholders
• Surveying and Data
Collection
• Best Practices and Case
Studies
MND Bike
Ride
Mobility Cluster
Sharing Session
12. What Makes This
Difficult?
• Private Sector Aiming to Fulfill
a Public Service
• Technology Companies, not
Bike Sharing Companies
• No Successful Business Model
• Limited Corporation Between
Each Competitor
13. Organizing
Framework
• Private Sector Companies
Needs to Organize on their
behalf
• This Private Sector Advocacy
Group needs to work with
Singapore Government
• Find Mutually Beneficial
Arrangements
Private Sector
Representative
Organization
Private Sector Players
(ofo, MoBike, Grab,
etc.)
Active Mobility
Working Group
(LTA, URA, etc.)
Incorporate Bike
Advocates and
Community Leaders
Private
Sector
Public
Sector
14. Next Steps in
Singapore
• Technology and Bike Shares
• Working with ofo Bikes, Uber, Grab, etc.
• CLC Insights with Yimin (April)
• Public-Private Partnerships and Engagement
• Proactive vs. Reactive approach; regulation
• CLC Insights with Cherub (June)
• Sociology of Biking in Singapore
• Incorporating “Thick Description” with biking data
• Fulbright Research (June)
• Migrant Workers
• Surveying their usage; relation to mobility and
agency
• TWC2 with Martha (July)
URA and
MND
Currently, there are five major competitors in the dockless bike sharing market in Singapore.
GrabCycle will allow users to locate and book shared bicycles from oBike, Gbikes, and Anywheel, as well as shared e-scooters from PopScoot. Net entrant Anywhell – Singapore’s seventh bike-sharing firm – aims to begin operations here next month (April)
