Exploring shared-bike travel patterns using big data: Evidence in Chicago and Budapest

Ali Soltani, Tamás Mátrai, Rosalia Camporeale, Andrew Allan

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Abstract

Bike-sharing systems are an emerging form of sharing-mobility in many cities worldwide. The travel patterns of users that take advantage of smart devices to ride a shared-bicycle in two large cities (Chicago and Budapest) have been investigated, with analysis of approximately two million transaction data records associated with bike trips made over a three-month period in each location. Several aspects of user travel behavior—such as day and time of travel, frequency of usage, duration of usage, seasonal and peak/off-peak variations, major origin/destinations—have been included in this analysis. The results show that in both cities the bike-sharing option is a male-dominated alternative, particularly welcomed by younger groups, with the largest share of trips occurring in the afternoon peak. Appropriate usage of open-source big-data provides important lessons for successful vehicle sharing models, allowing the application of the findings to other cities and mobility options where these systems are still developing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Urban Planning and Management for Smart Cities
EditorsStan Geertman, Qingming Zhan, Andrew Allan, Christopher Pettit
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
PublisherSpringer-Verlag
Chapter4
Pages53-68
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9783030194246
ISBN (Print)9783030194239
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2019 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 8 Jul 201912 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography
ISSN (Print)1863-2246
ISSN (Electronic)1863-2351

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period8/07/1912/07/19

Keywords

  • Big data
  • Bike-sharing systems
  • Mobility
  • User travel behavior

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