Smart cities and digital technologies: the case of bike sharing

In this paper we use three contrasting case examples to illustrate how digital technologies underpinning smart cities can be used to enable the development of much more efficient “bike sharing” systems. We present a framework integrating smart cities and big data with sharing systems. We use this framework to assess bike sharing system in a future city context around their feasibility, vulnerability, adaptability and acceptability. The potential benefits and problems of sharing system as a basis for future operations models in smart cities are discussed.