THE STORY BIKE SHARE DATA TELL US

The Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Boston Bike Share

Journeys

Zhenyang Hua

April 13, 2023

WHY BOSTON?

In the Past, …Boston was ranked as the top 10 unbikable city in the United States 6 times in ten years.

Present, …Boston has been ranked into the top 10 bike-friendly city in the US.

The Hubway, …A bike share program started in Boston.

HOW HUBWAY WORKS

Take Ride Return

CHAPTER I

Flows in 24 Hours

WEEKDAY PATTERNS

Busiest docking stations:

• North Station docking

station (TD Garden)

• South Station docking

station

The maximum active

journeys happen in the

morning peak hours.

WEEKEND PATTERNS

Busiest docking stations:

• North End docking station

(Rowes Wharf – Atlantic

Avenue)

• Copley Square docking

station (Prudential Center

– Belvidere)

• Harvard Square docking

station

The maximum active journeys

happen in the later afternoon.

CHAPTER II

Data in One Day

THE BUSIEST DAY IN A WEEK

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa2300

2400

2500

2600

2700

2800

2900

30002918.75 2932.8

The Average Journeys by Day of the Week

STATION PATTERNS

The darker the

connecting vector line

(blue ray) the more

journeys started from

that docking station to

its destination.

The bigger the dots the

more journeys started

from that docking

station (White dot).

CONCLUSION

1. How does bike share program help to disperse down town traffic?

2. How does bike share program help to shunt passengers from full capacity subway stations?

3. How does the bike station utilization change with the subway station flux change over time in one day?

4. How to detect communities through analyzing particular temporal and spatial clusters of the bike share flows?