Scaling Sustainable Mobility: Growth Model of GLOBIKES in Bistrița

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Using official 2025 data as a baseline, the study simulates growth scenarios for 2026, incorporating seasonal variations and infrastructure expansion from 7 to 10 docking terminals. The findings highlight the potential of bike-sharing as a sustainable mobility solution in medium-sized cities. Urban Studies Scaling Sustainable Mobility Growth Model of GLOBIKES Bass model SARIMA model Bistrița Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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