SPBI public bicycle system
A complete solution is provided, from researching optimal station locations to supplying BH bicycles that are fitted with the anchoring system using RFID radiofrequency readers for detecting bicycles entering and exiting the stations. The stations comprise the user-anchor interaction point, the communications infrastructure with the integral control center management system.
The system’s added value is user management through the unique intermodal contact-free client card Mifare Desfire 4K and a logistical model for effective and efficient bicycle redistribution for the defined service level. Furthermore, the BikeRoute algorithm provides users with valuable information on preferable routes between two selected points, taking into account multiple variables such as the availability of bicycles and anchor points at the origin and destination stations, slopes, bike lanes, etc.
Street equipment
- Station: the station has been exclusively designed for implementing a light and modular design that is unobtrusive, with soft curves to make it more welcoming within the urban environment, while also optimizing road use capacity and its integration with other urban furniture. It is ecological, modern and simple. The integrated components such as the anchor and the PIU user interaction point have been carefully selected, providing great functionality for bicycle management. It has an incorporated video surveillance camera to prevent vandalism, as well as a hybrid power system for base stations that uses a Photovoltaic System with solar panels and photovoltaic collection batteries, a charging regulator for these, battery charger and electrical supply when public lighting is turned on, designed to achieve sustainability of energy consumption and perfectly integration within the station
- PIU user interaction point: the smart point, where the user interacts with the system. It uses ticketing machines, a field in which Indra is the definitive benchmark. The PIU optimally offers the desired functions and is integrated within the station by piezoelectric buttons, which ensure the highest reliability in adverse meteorological conditions and also facilitate operations. Real time communications with the control center provide permanent up-to-date information on station status and control and check the status of the bicycles stored
- Modular anchorage point, 5 units in each module, for accessibility, visibility and ease of use for users. These are identified for simple recognition by users, and a minimal series of measures are required for separating the bicycles from the anchors. The frontal anchor location makes removing and returning the bicycles comfortable for the users and permits anchoring without lifting
Centralized integral management system
- Communications infrastructure: 3G, pre-WiMAX and fiber optics
- Integral, modular software that allows for real time system management, facilitating system operation and maintenance
- Modular system Operation and Maintenance
- Client Back Office with NetPlus® payment gateway
- BikeOps&BikeRoute logistical bicycle redistribution model
- Web portal
- Mifare Desfire 4K unique intermodal contact-free smart client card
- Logistical vehicles with PDAs