Abstract This paper examines two bikeshare programs implemented in two Global South cities, examining the role of users in promoting sustainable transport. To explore the sustainability of smart cycling, we argue that it is important to understand the prevailing administrative and socio-institutional practices within a given context. For the effective stabilisation of smart regimes, harmony between the administrative and socio-institutional practices must be established. In this context, we introduce a complementary approach to understanding transitions. Maintenance of political commitments and institutional support are crucial for cycling success, not incidental footloose initiatives. We explore two case studies in the context of the Global South, in the first one top-down policies and planning initiatives dictate the directions of transitions by enabling or constraining user routines. In the second one, citizens take control to resolve a transport deficit by initiating and driving a very bottom-up user-led transition narrative. We propose a framework to cater to the unique political, cultural and smart discourses of the Global South and the role of users in conjunction with the administrative and socio-institutional practices around them. Investigating both the bikeshare cases through the lens of this framework provides unique insights extending our knowledge beyond the built environment features of sustainable planning initiatives. Our findings reveal the complex narratives that are in play in developing nations and conclude that understanding and realising cycling transitions in southern megacities require a different approach compared to the Global North.

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政策、用户和话语：印度（加尔各答）和菲律宾（马尼拉）的共享单车项目示例

摘要 本文考察了在两个全球南方城市实施的两个公共自行车计划，考察了用户在促进可持续交通方面的作用。为了探索智能自行车的可持续性，我们认为了解特定背景下流行的行政和社会制度实践非常重要。为了有效稳定智能政权，必须在行政和社会制度实践之间建立和谐。在这种情况下，我们引入了一种补充方法来理解转换。维持政治承诺和机构支持对于自行车运动的成功至关重要，而不是偶然的随意举措。我们在全球南方的背景下探索了两个案例研究，在第一个中，自上而下的政策和规划举措通过启用或限制用户例程来规定转换方向。在第二个中，公民通过发起和推动一个非常自下而上的用户主导的过渡叙述来控制解决交通赤字。我们提出了一个框架，以迎合全球南方独特的政治、文化和智慧话语，以及用户的角色以及他们周围的行政和社会制度实践。通过该框架的视角调查这两个共享单车案例提供了独特的见解，将我们的知识扩展到可持续规划举措的建筑环境特征之外。