Rob Pitingolo The Urban Institute NNIP Partnership Meeting September 2012 What is Capital Bikeshare 1200 Bikes 400 Stations 19200 Annual Members 100000 Daily Members How Does It Work ID: 791915
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Slide1
Capital
bikeshare:An “Open Data” Success Story
Rob Pitingolo, The Urban InstituteNNIP Partnership Meeting, September 2012
Slide2What is Capital Bikeshare?
1,200 Bikes
400 Stations
19,200 Annual Members
100,000+ Daily Members
Slide3How Does It Work?
Sign Up
Take a Bicycle
Ride Away!
Slide4September 2010: Capital Bikeshare LaunchedSummer 2011: Big Push for Bikeshare
to Release DataJanuary 2012: Open Data ReleasedTrip-Level Origin-Destination DataUsers Have Taken Over 2 million Capital Bikeshare Trips!Example Data:
The Path to Open Data
Slide5Research Questions
Does the System Operate Efficiently?
Who Uses
Bikeshare
? How Do They Behave?
Slide6Q: Do Users Only Ride Downhill?
Slide7Answer: No!
Median Trip:
3 feet downhill
80% of Trips Taken
on Flat Ground
Slide8Q: Do Stations Downtown Fill Up in the Morning, Empty Out in the Afternoon?
Morning?
Afternoon?
Slide9Answer: Yes!
9:30 am
6:30 pm
Slide10Q: Does Incentivizing “Reverse” Trips Work?
Slide11Answer: Not Really…
Slide12Q: Who Uses Capital
Bikeshare?
Slide13Registered Users Take Short Rides
Slide14Casual Users Are More Profitable
Slide15The Benefits of Open Data Extend
Well Beyond Capital
Bikeshare
For More:
http
://tinyurl.com/cabi-opendatarpitingolo@urban.org