I recently moved to Boston and was delighted to find that they make the data for the city bikes freely accessible and it’s a LOT. This goes back to 2011 and has over 25 million entries!
That’s fun, but now make assumptions about the average user. It’s mostly dudes, commuting or doing a <15 minute ride for chores or the gym after work? Based on the monthly numbers, nobody wants to ride a bike when it’s colder than like 45-50°F outsideÂ
Just wanted to say I thought this was well presented and thought provoking!
About 200,000 people per month used ride share bikes in Boston in January and February? That seems insane to me. I live in a much warmer/less snowy area than Boston and in those two months I barely leave my house. And I have a car. With remote start.
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I recently moved to Boston and was delighted to find that they make the data for the city bikes freely accessible and it’s a LOT. This goes back to 2011 and has over 25 million entries!
Source: [https://bluebikes.com/system-data](https://bluebikes.com/system-data)
You can read more in depth here: [https://github.com/NoahSchiro/bluebikes/blob/master/data_analysis/README.md](https://github.com/NoahSchiro/bluebikes/blob/master/data_analysis/README.md)
Tools used: Python, SQL, pandas, matplotlib
That’s fun, but now make assumptions about the average user. It’s mostly dudes, commuting or doing a <15 minute ride for chores or the gym after work? Based on the monthly numbers, nobody wants to ride a bike when it’s colder than like 45-50°F outsideÂ
Just wanted to say I thought this was well presented and thought provoking!
About 200,000 people per month used ride share bikes in Boston in January and February? That seems insane to me. I live in a much warmer/less snowy area than Boston and in those two months I barely leave my house. And I have a car. With remote start.
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