Carbon emission benefit of bike-sharing system:A perspective of real demand
The emission reduction capacity of shared bikes is widely recognized under carbon neutrality.This study focuses on the unmet implicit demands in bike-sharing system and investigates their potential contributions to carbon reduction.We estimate their emission reduction potential by quantifying the implicit demands,and construct a complete information static game model to analyze the utilities of the government and companies in order to determine the actual emission reduction.By the calculation,it is estimated that the implicit demand for bike-sharing system in Hohhot is approximately 36,748 rides per year,which can reduce carbon emissions by about 2,364kg.The case study results of the game model show that by balancing the utilities of the government and companies,90.35%of the implicit demand is fulfilled,corresponding to an emission reduction of 2,136 kg.Therefore,studying the implicit demands helps to improve the emission reduction benefits of shared bikes.
shared bikereal demandcarbon emission benefitsstatic games of complete information