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 t

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.