Advance Technique to Identify Station Location:Bicycle Sharing System

The rapid rise in fuel price and an environmental awareness has led to looking for cleaner and efficient modes of transportation for their desired destinations. Congestion in the cities makes the bicycle more advantageous and sustainable than motorised vehicle in terms of time, wealth and health making it all the more beneficial to the society and individual users. Facility location problems constitute an area of study that has been extensively researched due to the opportunities presented for small businesses and corporations to increase their efficiency and profitability. Due to the growing popularity of bicycle sharing programs, this research presents a method to determine optimum locations for bicycle sharing stations so that they maximize their accessibility to potential users. This method consists of using the fundamental concept of covering models, along with several tools to generate location solutions. Locations obtained from this methodology can be used as supplementary information for city planners to use when working to establish a new bicycle sharing system.