Examining spatio-temporal mobility patterns of bike-sharing systems: the case of BiciMAD (Madrid)

Over the past decades, Bike-Sharing Systems have been implemented in hundreds of cities all around the world. During this time, numerous academic studies have been published with analyses from different perspectives. The aim of this study is to build upon this research by bringing together a spatial...

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Authors: Talavera García, Rubén; Romanillos Arroyo, Gustavo; Arias Molinares, Daniela
Format: Article
Publication date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/117258
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117258
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:911.3
Bike-sharing system
mobility patterns
cycling
GPS
Geografía humana
Sistemas de información geográfica
5403 Geografía Humana
3305.37 Planificación Urbana
3329.07 Transporte
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Summary:Over the past decades, Bike-Sharing Systems have been implemented in hundreds of cities all around the world. During this time, numerous academic studies have been published with analyses from different perspectives. The aim of this study is to build upon this research by bringing together a spatial and a temporal analysis of the cycling flow of BiciMAD, the Madrid Bike-Sharing System. By combining over 21 million GPS records and various maps the study visually explores cycling mobility patterns across the city on three different temporal scales: over the course of the day, during working days or weekends and over the course of a whole year to provide a better understanding of the season-dependent demand. The study also reveals the most important flows between origin-destination pairs and uncovers the radically different spatio-temporal travel patterns of frequent users and occasional users.