Dutton e-Education Institute, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States of America.
Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2020 Jun 3;15(6):e0232957. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232957. eCollection 2020.
Bike share schemes are increasing in popularity. During 2013, New York City (NYC) launched a bike sharing scheme, Citi Bike, to provide users with the ability to cycle around the city. How these bikes are used is useful for understanding sustainability and infrastructure needs in urban cities. In this study spatial analysis methods were used to analyze space and time usage patterns during a 12 month period. We found that bike usage varied over the months with the lowest number of rentals occurring during the winter months (N = 200,000) and highest during the summer months (N > 1 million trips). Bike use varied spatially and temporally by user type (customer vs subscriber) and gender (male vs female). Over 100,000 unique routes (origin-destinations) were identified with the top five most popular routes starting and ending at the same station location. When comparison of existing bike distributions were made with bike use patterns, supply gaps were identified. The findings are useful for enhancing infrastructure needs and provide a basis for future comparisons to be made as the system changes over time.
共享单车的普及程度越来越高。2013 年，纽约市（NYC）推出了自行车共享计划 Citi Bike，为用户提供在城市中骑车的能力。了解这些自行车的使用情况对于理解城市的可持续性和基础设施需求非常有用。在这项研究中，使用空间分析方法来分析 12 个月期间的空间和时间使用模式。我们发现，自行车的使用逐月变化，冬季（N = 20 万）的租赁量最低，夏季（超过 100 万次）的租赁量最高。用户类型（顾客与订阅者）和性别（男性与女性）在空间和时间上的自行车使用情况有所不同。确定了 10 多万条独特的路线（起点-终点），其中最受欢迎的五条路线的起点和终点都在同一个车站位置。当将现有的自行车分布与自行车使用模式进行比较时，发现了供应缺口。这些发现有助于增强基础设施需求，并为随着时间的推移系统变化而进行的未来比较提供基础。
