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In the summer of 2009, Montreal launched the BIXI. Within a few weeks, it has gained popular attention and phase 2 of the deployment, which was initially planned in 2010 was launced. This year, with its 5,000 bikes and increasing number of members, the system cannot solely rely on good intuition to increase its performance. This paper provides insight into the quantitative life of a fast-growing system. It proposes a set of indicators aiming to objectively describe the state of the main objects of the system in space and time: bikes, stations, members, anchor points and trips. It relies on data gathered during three months of operation during the summer of 2009 (July, August and September). First analyses show that regular members and occasional users have different behaviors, the former accounting for 67.8% of the studied trips. Results also show that bikesharers do between 1.7 and 2.1 trips per day. On typical weekdays, 72.6% of the trips are due to members while this proportion decreases during week-ends. Results show that stations face various states that require balancing transfers and that these seem to be related to spatial location. Systematic and continuous assessment of object-related indicators will help better understand supply and demand and propose efficient operational and planning strategies.

The DVD lists the title of this paper as: Insight into Montreal Bikesharing System.

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11-1238

English

2011

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures; Maps; References (17) ; Tables (1)

Bicycle facilities; Bicycle travel; Bicycles; Cyclists; Membership organizations; Planning; Public transit; Supply; Travel behavior; Vehicle sharing

Montreal (Canada)

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-1238

TRIS, TRB

Feb 17 2011 5:44PM