The emerging station-free bike sharing schemes create large quantities of spatiotemporal data and provide opportunities for urban and transportation studies. These schemes are different from traditional city rental schemes (they have no docking stations, etc.). They have at their core a continuous GPS system and generate large amounts of spatially located data for each bike. This study proposes...

Worldwide bike-sharing systems are growing in popularity as an alternative, environmentally friendly mode of transportation. As cities seek to further develop programmes, it is important consider how should expand simultaneously address existing inequalities accessibility, and best serve demand. In this paper, we determine ideal locations for future stations Glasgow, Scotland, by integrating de...

BACKGROUND High prevalence of physical inactivity contributes to adverse health outcomes. Active transportation (cycling or walking) is associated with better health outcomes, and bike-sharing programs can help communities increase use of active transportation. COMMUNITY CONTEXT The Minneapolis Health Department funded the Nice Ride Minnesota bike share system to expand to the Near North comm...

Bike Share systems are becoming increasingly popular in urban areas. With growing membership and expansion of service comes many operational challenges. A major challenge in their operations is the unbalanced demand and supply at bike stations as a function of time. Figure 1 shows number of bike trips in Jan 2017, aggregated into time intervals of 30 minutes according to start time, and summed ...