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Abstract：
Bike sharing can leverage its physical distancing advantages for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, but system management and communication are essential to support healthy transportation. This study addresses the need to understand the range of bike share systems\' responses to the pandemic by reviewing bike share system cases in the United States and reports survey responses from bike share users in San Antonio (TX). Five out of eleven bike share systems communicated their responses to the pandemic online at the time of review. 43% of survey respondents who were unemployed due to the pandemic reported increasing use of the bike share system, whereas 36% of employed respondents decreased ridership. Most respondents were unaware of the bike share operator\'s steps to control the spread of COVID-19 for users. Moderate-frequency riders (1-2 times per month) may increase bike sharing the most after Coronavirus restrictions are lifted, from 22% of respondents to 34%. Based on our findings, we suggest bike share operators should expand communication efforts about policies and actions to support community health, explore how to serve unemployed and low-income communities best, and prepare for the equitable expansion of ridership following the pandemic.
摘要：
共享单车可以利用其物理距离优势来应对COVID-19大流行，但是系统管理和沟通对于支持健康的交通至关重要。这项研究通过回顾美国的自行车共享系统案例，并报告圣安东尼奥(德克萨斯州)自行车共享用户的调查回应，满足了了解自行车共享系统对疫情反应范围的需要。在审查时，11个共享单车系统中有5个在网上传达了他们对大流行的反应。43%因大流行而失业的调查受访者表示，越来越多地使用共享单车系统，而36%的就业受访者减少了乘客量。大多数受访者不知道共享单车运营商为用户控制COVID-19传播的步骤。在冠状病毒限制解除后，中等频率的骑手(每月1-2次)可能会增加自行车共享次数，从22％的受访者到34％。根据我们的发现,我们建议共享单车运营商应扩大有关政策和行动的沟通力度，以支持社区健康，探索如何为失业和低收入社区提供最好的服务，并为大流行后公平扩大乘客量做准备。
