Recently, Ho Chi Minh City has agreed to pilot Mobike public bicycles in District 1, with the expectation of reducing traffic congestion, reducing environmental pollution and increasing connectivity.
However, to do that is not easy because many years ago, Hanoi also failed with this model because it did not meet the needs of users.
Applying technology to public bicycles The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has concluded on the proposal to pilot the Mobike public bicycle in District 1. The project will be piloted by Tri Nam Group Joint Stock Company (Tri Nam Company) as an investor. invest 388 vehicles arranged in 43 locations in district 1 and along the project to organize priority lanes for buses on Dien Bien Phu and Vo Thi Sau streets (District 3). According to the HCM City Department of Transport, the city currently has 22 black spots for traffic jams, especially during peak hours. The increase in the number of private vehicles puts pressure on traffic and leads to serious environmental pollution. Contributing to solving this problem, the Department of Transport has proposed piloting the public bicycle model Mobike. According to Duong Dinh Trung – Tri Nam Group, the model is deployed for the main purpose of reducing traffic jams and reducing private vehicles, enhancing public services, and increasing connectivity with buses and metros in the future. It can be said that the public bicycle model is probably very useful in solving the problem of traffic jams and environmental pollution. However, recalling 7 years ago, this model failed because it did not meet the two words “convenience” when deployed in Hanoi. In order to avoid going into the “fallen path” of Hanoi, the HCM City Department of Transport said that it will deploy technology application in this model, in order to create the most convenience for people. “In the long term, it will be necessary to study the design of a dedicated bicycle road for circulation. The second is the application of science and technology to how to combine and integrate the cyclist software with the software of bus and metro riders and the public transport center that we manage to warn. soon the location of congestion or the risk of traffic jams to make it more convenient for users,” said the leader of the Department of Transport. Many concerns With the goal that by 2030, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will become two civilized and modern cities, free of traffic congestion. Therefore, although it cannot replace motorbikes, experts say that public bicycles can be considered as a useful platform to promote the development of “green transport”. But how to build a cycling culture and people see bicycles as useful means? Because with the pilot of public bicycles of Ho Chi Minh City, from the perspective of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Hung – Southern Institute of Transport Science and Technology: If the project does not use the city budget, it is completely implemented by private enterprises. then it can be piloted on a small scale, if it fails, it will learn from experience to deploy for later stages. However, it is necessary to study the case that the number of bicycles will increase the disorder between vehicle lines, increase the risk of traffic jams, and the risk of traffic accidents in Ho Chi Minh City. Because the current state of vehicles is circulating according to the law of turbulent traffic. Cars and motorbikes are crowded, chaotic, traffic jams are constant. “Currently, Ho Chi Minh City does not have a separate lane for bicycles, which means that a large number of these vehicles will blend into the overloaded and disordered motorbike lanes, increasing complexity, causing congestion, traffic jams, and accidents. traffic accident” – Mr. Hung wondered. From another perspective, Dr. Vu Anh Tuan, director of the Viet Duc Traffic Research Center, said that public bicycle service is a suitable model in the current traffic trend. But for this service to be really useful, besides service quality, it is also necessary to support policies from the government. In addition, it is also necessary to have a specific view on the role of public bicycles in the city’s public transport development strategy, so that these types can develop together. “If we only stop at the pilot level without the support of the city, the probability of success is not high, if it is not attached to a common development policy, it will be easy to die prematurely” – according to Mr. Tuan. . Besides, many opinions also believe that it is necessary to balance supply and demand. Encouraging people to ride bicycles is a difficult but correct orientation in sustainable urban development in the future. The development of uncontrolled public bicycles in terms of quantity, maintenance, storage, parking space, dedicated lanes for users, awareness of vehicle preservation is a challenge for urban management. And it is still important to start from the people’s consciousness to build a culture of walking and cycling… Experiences of countries Looking at the experience of mobilizing people to use bicycles of other countries, we can see: with France in activities, bicycles ranked second in physical activities of the French, after walking. In order to do this, France has implemented many measures to limit vehicles in traffic, which are motorbikes and cars that do not meet emission standards. At the same time, set up 55,000 free bike stations in 42 cities; encourage and create maximum support for people traveling by bicycle, including the elderly and children. Up to now, bicycles are the last link in the chain of people’s multimedia (train – car – subway) movement. In the Netherlands, there are more bicycles than people, with 22 million bicycles per 17 million inhabitants. In which, 25% of the population rides a bicycle every day, if in urban areas, this figure is 50% and each Dutch person rides an average of 1,000 km annually by bicycle. However, these impressive numbers do not come naturally. Before the increase in automobiles from the 60s to the 70s of the last century, accompanied by the oil crisis, the Dutch government actively invested in infrastructure for the use of bicycles, changing the importance of bicycles. people’s points for them to use bicycles more since the 70s. To promote the use of bicycles, the Netherlands has developed a bicycle parking system and gives priority to bicycles over cars and motorbikes, creating the same infrastructure for bicycles as for cars. Along with that, the Netherlands also promotes communication and teaching about the benefits of cycling habits for students right from high school, encouraging people to use mobile applications to manage their work. ride bicycle. From these parameters, the Government calculates the necessary infrastructure planning for the best for cyclists. In China, the bicycle-sharing model was once seen as an opportunity to affirm its leading position in the nation’s global fight against climate change because of its compactness and friendliness. . In order to save energy and limit pollution, the Seoul Metropolitan Government of South Korea also aims to build a nationwide bicycle network by 2030.
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