Rower podmiejski – koncepcja roweru publicznego na obszarach codziennych dojazdów do miast na przykładzie Polski

The characteristics and analysis of the development of bike – sharing systems have been the subject of many studies in the last decade. There is a fairly widespread belief that most public bicycle systems are located in densely populated urban areas, while this innovative communication solution becomes an attractive alternative to public transport in functional urban areas hinterlands. The purpose of the study is to show the types that bike – sharing have in functional urban areas. The subject of the analysis are bike – sharing systems adopted in Poland in the period from 2008 to 2019. Particular attention was paid to the system’s function, its availability and spatial coverage. The public bicycle types were compared. Moreover, the possibilities and development directions of this mode of transport were determined. The conducted research shows the growing role of the bicycle in functional urban area’s transport. It becomes an important link in multimodal transport, connecting the city with its immediate surroundings. It is also increasingly used to connect the centre of a rural, urban, or urban-rural municipality with distant housing estates or towns.