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convenience to short distance commuters and using a bike from electric bike-sharing platform only needs you to download a app on your smartphone. When users need to walk a short distance, they can use a shared bicycle from bike-sharing system. The bike-sharing system that I want to provide is different from other bike-sharing system like Citi-bike, it not only offers a way for green commuting but also offers more convenience. Up till now, there are many bike-sharing systems and public bike systems, the reason why I choose to start a new bike sharing system is because it has some advantages that those previous bike-sharing systems don’t have. Most bike-sharing systems require you return the bike to its designated station, but electric bike-sharing system has a breakthrough which is my bikes are all stationfree and payment process are on mobile-app which is cashless. Take Citi-bike for example, Guilherme (2016) studied that in May 2013 Citi-bike officially offers 6000 bikes through 330 station with a total of more than 11,000 docks. The provide capacity is only 6000 bikes but it requires 11.000 docks. In addition to the purchase and maintenance of the car, only the construction of docks is a great expense. Besides