AbstractsTransportation

Sharing and borrowing goods and services is a growing trend that is visible in multiple sectors. A digital lock opens new doors in the arising share economy. With a digital transferable key it is easy to give permission or access to a product or service. The exclusion of a physical key speeds up the process and fits with modern society. This trend will have a large influence on the shared mobility sector. A bicycle sharing system is one of the sectors that could benefit from this innovation in key transaction. Bike-share is originated in Europe, and ever since a viable format was created quickly expanded as a worldwide phenomenon. Shareable bikes are intended to improve the mobility of an area. They are also very popular since it solves the last mile problem. Whereas public transport travels at certain times and often not stops at personal destinations, a bicycle is individual transport and therefore flexible and also relatively fast. This makes it a very popular way of transport. Variation exists in the viable formats of the service to offer transport form one point to another. The difference between these systems is within the independency and flexibility of the service. Gradually Social Lock is created to improve the quality of a bike-share service by offering reliable, flexible and affordable transport.