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That's quite expensive. In Barcelona the scheme is a fixed €47 subscription per year though you can only use the bike for 30 mins per ride (after that there's a

That's quite expensive. In Barcelona the scheme is a fixed €47 subscription per year though you can only use the bike for 30 mins per ride (after that there's a surcharge).

stevekemp 10y ago
A similar scheme just opened here in Helsinki. The cost is €25 for a year, with each of your journeys being free if it lasts for <30 minutes: https://www.hsl.fi/en/citybikes https://www.hsl.fi/en/citybikes To be honest Helsinki has such excellent transport infrastructure (bus + tram) that I've never been tempted to sign up for the bike scheme (as I have my own already).
Luc 10y ago
OV-fiets is 3.85 euro for 24h though, and no yearly fee. That's a whole different use case than a short ride within a city from one bike parking to the next. I'm sure the surcharges in Barcelona would add up to more if you kept it 24h.
mercer 10y ago
I suppose higher wages in Holland play a role, but mostly the system is just very different from Barcelona (or at least what I remember from being there a few times a few years ago). The OV-fiets is a bike you get at a train station (maybe some metro stations too; not sure), and typically you'll use it to get from there to your destination and then back to the train station. The system in Barcelona (and most other cities too, I think) is more about getting from A to B in the city and there are pick-up / drop-off points around the city. In the former scenario charging by day makes a lot more sense, I guess. There's 1.3 bikes or so per Dutch person, so few people would have use for a Barcelona-style approach. It's similar with these car sharing services. The on we have across cities is a bit like the OV-fiets: you pick a car up at a designated parking spot and return it to the same spot, often as a 'supplement' to your longer-distance public transport. Only in Amsterdam (AFAIK) we also have companies that allow you to pick up a car nearby and leave it anywhere at your destination.

That's quite expensive. In Barcelona the scheme is a fixed €47 subscription per year though you can only use the bike for 30 mins per ride (after that there's a surcharge).

stevekemp 10y ago

A similar scheme just opened here in Helsinki. The cost is €25 for a year, with each of your journeys being free if it lasts for <30 minutes: https://www.hsl.fi/en/citybikes https://www.hsl.fi/en/citybikes To be honest Helsinki has such excellent transport infrastructure (bus + tram) that I've never been tempted to sign up for the bike scheme (as I have my own already).

Luc 10y ago

OV-fiets is 3.85 euro for 24h though, and no yearly fee. That's a whole different use case than a short ride within a city from one bike parking to the next. I'm sure the surcharges in Barcelona would add up to more if you kept it 24h.

mercer 10y ago

I suppose higher wages in Holland play a role, but mostly the system is just very different from Barcelona (or at least what I remember from being there a few times a few years ago). The OV-fiets is a bike you get at a train station (maybe some metro stations too; not sure), and typically you'll use it to get from there to your destination and then back to the train station. The system in Barcelona (and most other cities too, I think) is more about getting from A to B in the city and there are pick-up / drop-off points around the city. In the former scenario charging by day makes a lot more sense, I guess. There's 1.3 bikes or so per Dutch person, so few people would have use for a Barcelona-style approach. It's similar with these car sharing services. The on we have across cities is a bit like the OV-fiets: you pick a car up at a designated parking spot and return it to the same spot, often as a 'supplement' to your longer-distance public transport. Only in Amsterdam (AFAIK) we also have companies that allow you to pick up a car nearby and leave it anywhere at your destination.