Sustainable and shared transportation is vital for communities and overall environmental well-being. Due to the lack of different modes of transportation, a WPI student-organized project in 2015 set out to implement a new bike share program on campus, Gompei’s Gears. In recent years, the program has faced challenges ranging from member participation to maintenance issues. In light of the difficulties Gompei’s Gears faced during the pandemic, issues needed to be addressed. Our team analyzed Gompei’s Gears current operational state and studied other bike share programs. Based on our findings, we provided improvements for the operational aspects of the program to the bike share team. These recommendations included, but were not limited to, an inventory management system, forecasting demand, and infrastructure improvements.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• D'Alessio, Frank
• Boyce, Christopher
• Merchan, Jon

Subject

• Innovation
• Sustainability
• Community
• Culture
• Infrastructure
• Learning
• Health
• Energy
• Well-Being
• Environment
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042822-162750
• 65891

Keyword

• Operational
• Gompei's Gears
• Green Team
• Improvement

Advisor

• Zhu, Joe

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Date created

• 2022-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Industrial Engineering
• Management Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright