How Dockless Bike Sharing Changes Lives: An Analysis of Chinese Cities

This report analyzes the impact of dockless bike-share systems across 12 Chinese cities, concluding that these systems serve as effective last-mile mobility solutions that improve public transit connectivity, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance public health.

• Since 2016, dockless bike-share systems in China have seen unprecedented growth. When supported by safe infrastructure and effective management, these systems function as a last-mile urban mobility solution that increases connectivity to public transit, lowers carbon emissions by substituting motorized trips, and prevents thousands of premature deaths, thereby improving public health.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). How Dockless Bike Sharing Changes Lives: An Analysis of Chinese Cities. https://www.wri.org/research/how-dockless-bike-sharing-changes-lives-analysis-chinese-cities

Chicago

World Resources Institute. How Dockless Bike Sharing Changes Lives: An Analysis of Chinese Cities. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/how-dockless-bike-sharing-changes-lives-analysis-chinese-cities.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendhow, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{How Dockless Bike Sharing Changes Lives: An Analysis of Chinese Cities}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/how-dockless-bike-sharing-changes-lives-analysis-chinese-cities}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }