Bike Sharing Introduction

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Objectives

• Make it easy for everyone to use a bike for short, urban trips.

• Decrease dependence on cars and gas. Reduce downtown congestion.

• Open door to active transportation.• Make the connection between

active transportation and health.• Enhance urban vitality.

How bike sharing works

97% of trips by annual subscribers are under ½ hour.68% of trips by 24-hour subscribers are under ½ hour.

Who we are

• Non-profit owner-operator• 116 stations and 1,200

bikes• 16 employees• Portable, solar-powered

stations; open April – mid-November

• Same equipment used in London, Washington DC, Montreal, Boston, Toronto, and Melbourne.

Where, so far?

By the Numbers

First Year Experience (June 10 – Nov. 7) 100,817 rides 29,077 24-hour subscriptions sold 1,302 1-year subscribers 1 bike lost 1 reported crash 0 accidents with injuries2nd Year Experience to date (April 8th - ?) 193,000 rides 3,700 1-year subscribers

Real time information

https://secure.niceridemn.org/data2/bikeStations.xml

<name>100 Main Street SE</name>

<locked>false</locked>

</station

http://www.codeline-telemetry.com/maps/msp-depletion_summary.htm

Active commutes

Physical inactivity is one of theleading causes of death in developed countries

Active commuters cut their odds of obesity by 50 percent. They have lower blood pressure, body mass and triglyceride levels.1

(1.) Penny Gordon-Larsen, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill

Obesity in Minnesota1994 < 10%

2010 24.8%

How many trips replaced car trips?

When asked to recall their most recent trip, 19% of Annual and 30-day subscribers reported they would have driven a car had it not been for Nice Ride.

Choosing to Live Downtown and Drive Less“In downtown Minneapolis, the average vacancy rate fell from 6 percent a year ago to just 1.2 percent during the second quarter. In downtown St. Paul, vacancies plummeted from 7.1 percent a year ago to .08 percent in June.”

“Renters squeezed in race for apartments,” Jim Buchta, Star Tribune, August 23, 2011.

2000 – 2010 Census

Downtown Minneapolis + 32%Downtown St. Paul + 18%

Overall city population was flat

Where do 1-year subscribers live?

The vast majority of subscribers live within Zip codes where we have stations.

Momentum

What did people use the bikes to do?

What is your primary use of Nice Ride?

Most of the trips I take fall into this category:

How long were their trips?

24-hr subscribers take longer trips.

Annual subscribers are not a significant source of revenuebeyond the cost of subscription.

Where do 24-hour subscribers live?

When did people ride?

• Annual subscriber use peaks during the work week

• Casual (24-hr) use peaks on weekends

Data visualizations by Alan Shilepsky and Alan Wernke of Wernke Consulting Services (www.wernke.com)

Where did people ride?

Station locations influence usage patterns.

Stations with high usage tend to serve other stations with high usage.

Back and forth. A lot.

There and back again.

What do people like?

Convenience factor is overwhelmingly cited as the thing subscribers like most about the system.

Did having a subscription change behavior?

Subscribers reported an increase in biking among all groups.

Regional Equity

Challenge: How to serve a neighborhood that wants your service but lacks the multi-family density, retail destinations, and bicycle usage correlated with bike share demand?

Possible Solutions:• Community partners (non-profits,

churches)• Experiences—bikes tours• Discounts• Access—computers and electronic

accounts

Antonio M. Rosell, P.E., AICPCommunity Design Group, LLC

Email: arosell@c-d-g.orgOffice: 612-354-2901Mobile: 612-234-7078

Nice Ride MinnesotaNice Ride Minnesota

Saint PaulExpansion Planning

The Bike Sharing Bloghttp://bike-sharing.blogspot.com/

Oliver O’Brien Bike Share Mapshttp://bikes.oobrien.com

Nice Ridehttp://www.niceridemn.org

facebook.com/NiceRideMN

@niceridemn

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