getting a bike
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Getting a bike. Leeuwarden 2 project work. Summary. What is the problem ? New proposal Inform the students. Is it really useful to have a bike?. On foot:. By bicycle:. 9 minutes. 32 minutes. Survey. 9 questions submitted to 45 students Results on A ugust 27 th - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Getting a bike
Leeuwarden 2 project work1
Summary• What is the problem?
• New proposal
• Inform the students
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Is it really useful to have a bike?
On foot: By bicycle:
32 minutes 9 minutes 3
Survey
9 questions submitted to 45 students
Results on August 27th
(≈ 1 week after the start of the mandatory part of the introduction programme)
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Who already owns a bike?
69%
31%
After 1 week of the Introduction Program:
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Where are bikes usually bought?
90%
5%
5%
Bike shopsFrom another studentOthers (websites, brought from home…)
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How much does it usually cost?
€<70 70<€<100 100<€150 150<€<2000%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Average price: 110€ 7
Fixing & Shopping Points…..Let’s find the way to the bicycles shops from the Survival Café…
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Survival
Café
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De Fietsenreus.
Giant new and second hand bicycles store which also repairs
bikes prices >200 euros
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Piet Vonk Rijwielsporthu
isshop with new bikes
and accessories, prices
>200 euros
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Station Delft Good repairs, but not cheap. Handy because
it is at the station
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Cloostermanfietsen
sells secondhand bikes and also repairs
bicycles,not expensive
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Bike Totaal Wijtman
Tweewielersshop with new bikes and accessories,
prices >200 €
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Brikfit It is a bicycle workshop
where people with intellectual disabilities
repair and sell bicycles. Price between € 90 - € 110.
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FietsRepa's. Fixes ambulatory but also sells used bikes with warranty in the price range of 50-95
euros16
…and there are a lot more!
www.marktplaats.nlIt's like ebay but unfortunately it's only in Dutch. You can find a lot of second-hand bicycles in the neighborhood of Delft.
www.delftulip.ning.comlog in --> Forum --> Practical Matters --> look for bikes discussions! Groups onwww.facebook.com
*Student* sale in Delft! --> here you can find every kind of stuff you need for your future life in Delft, exspecially cheap secon-hand bikes!
ESN-Rotterdam Marketplace --> here you can find cheap second-hand bikes which are on sale in Rotterdam, it takes a while to go there, but most of them are cheaper then in Delft.
Or you can look on internet
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A new way of searching bikes
Internet
43% of the students are already interested in this system!!
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Real example
715 Intl. Students
300 bikes
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Additional cost per bike
Storage
Salaries
Old bikes replacement (5%)
New bikes-increase on Intl. Students (5%)
Reparations (40%)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2.1
5.8
5.5
6
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Cost (€/bike)
Only ≈25€ addition per bike 20
How it works?• You receive info about the online platform• Search a bike that fits you via internet during the dates
allowed• Do the payment (60€)• Get the bike at the end of August• Use it• Make any reparation during the year• Sell it to the organization again in June (35€)
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AdvantagesCertainty of
selling the bike at the end
Buying a bike in good conditions
You may pay only 25€ for
it!! 22
Traffic rules
•Deciding Priority•Traffic signals•Safe parking spots
33% of the people who filled the survey faced problems with traffic rules
Traffic rulesbasic rules
Traffic rulescrossroads
• Right gets priority
• Sometimes 'shark teeth' indicate priority
Traffic ruleshand signals
Traffic rulescrosswalks
Pedestrians always have priority on crosswalks
Parking Space
In a nutshell• Getting a bike is difficult and expensive for international
students.
• What can be done? Inform students (shops, garages, websites) Involve students or the international office in the resale of bikes
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Thank you for your attention
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