Bikeshare Ridership in Suburban Systems
Service Area and Station Density
Mountain View, CA
Palo Alto, CA
Bay Area Bike Share
Bay Area Bike Share
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Redwood City, CA
Bay Area Bike Share
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Every square mile added to
the system area can expect
a return in the order of
0.17
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Stations
Service Area
7
Station Density
1.28
5.5
Stations
5
Service Area
Station Density
.76
6.6
Stations
Service Area
7
Station Density
1.06
6.6
Rockville, MD
Alexandria, VA
Bethesda, MD
Capital Bike Share
Capital Bike Share
Capital Bike Share
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Service Area
3.8
Stations
16
Silver Spring, MD
Service Area
17
Station Density
2.42
6.6
Brookline, MA 2013
Capital Bike Share
Stations
Stations
14
Hubway
0.6
1.86
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Station Density
5.4
Stations
4
Service Area
.94
7.5
Station Density
4.3
Stations
12
Additional mile
of service area
Existing bike
share stations
Alexandria Bethesda
BAY
AREA
Silver
Spring
BAY
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Mountain Somerville Brookline Palo Alto Rockville
View
Bay Area Bike Share
Capital Bike Share
Redwood
City
Hubway
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Station Density
Hubway
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3.12
Service Area
Somerville, MA 2013
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Service Area
0.8
0.2
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Station Density
5.54
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21
trips per bike per day
trips per bike per day
Internal Ridership
Compared Across Systems
0.4
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Stations
0.017
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If density is increased by 1 station
per square mile, the resulting
impact on ridership is smaller,
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Service Area
2.23
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Station Density
5.4
Existing
service area
Additional bike
share stations
Modeled vs. Actual Ridership
1.2
Total city or region area
Area covered by bike share
All systems mapped at the same scale. Service area represented in square miles, station density in stations per sqaure mile.
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0.8
Contact information
Sean Co | Toole Design Group
2120 University Avenue Berkeley, California 94704
510-298-0740 | [email protected]
Adrian Witte | Toole Design Group
319 SW Washington Street, Suite 410, Portland, Oregon 97204
503-205-4607 | [email protected]
Lisa Enns | Toole Design Group
811 1st Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, Washington 98104
206.297.1601 | [email protected]
Erin Machell | Toole Design Group
319 SW Washington Street, Suite 410, Portland, Oregon 97204
503-205-4607 | [email protected]
Belinda Judelman | Toole Design Group
319 SW Washington Street, Suite 410, Portland, Oregon 97204
206-465-9460 | [email protected]
0.17
0.017
0.6
0.4
0.2
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BAY
AREA
BAY
AREA
Rinternal = 0.17 × SA + 0.017 × SD
Where:
R INTERNAL = Internal ridership rate, measured in trips per bike per day,
SA = Service Area, measured in square miles, and
SD = Station Density, measured in stations per square mile.
BAY
AREA
Mountain Palo Alto Redwood Rockville Alexandria Bethesda
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City
Actual
Ridership
BAY
AREA
Bay Area Bike Share
Silver
Spring
Brookline Somerville
Predicted
Ridership
Capital Bike Share
Hubway