Bike Sharing
Bike Sharing
DOT (Department of Transportation) estimates that on a typical day there are about 113,000 bike trips each day within the bike-share zone: 29% (33,000) on bike-share, and the remaining 80,000 on private bicycles. The estimate is based on DOT’s counts of Citi Bikes and other bikes at 10 locations within the service area in August, using the ratio to extrapolate the total number of non-Citi-Bike trips in the bike-share zone. DOT also surveyed 1,038 bike-share users in August and gathered information about how and why they use the system. Citi Bike is overwhelmingly used for utilitarian trips, not recreation, 54 percent used it for work trips, including commuting, while a third used Citi Bike to run errands. Only 14 percent used it for sightseeing, while 12 percent used it for exercise. Nearly two-thirds of users said they had replaced subway trips with bike-share and 63 percent said they have used Citi Bike when they otherwise would have walked. Trips by taxi, livery, and personal car were also replaced with bike-share: 21 percent of users said they have hopped on a Citi Bike instead of taking a car. Only 18 percent said they would have taken the bus, while nine percent said they would have used their own bike. Importantly, many trips are supplementing other modes, not completely substituting for them, 52 percent say they combine Citi Bike with other modes of transportation (Taxis for instants and Transits) some or most of the time. Citi Bike has also led New Yorkers to parts of the city they would not otherwise explore, 46 percent said they had used bike-share to go somewhere they wouldn’t have gone without it. DOT estimates that there are 311,000 bike trips each day in the five boroughs, and that 54,000 of these bike trips, or about 17 percent, are to and from work.
DOT (Department of Transportation) estimates that on a typical day there are about 113,000 bike trips each day within the bike-share zone: 29% (33,000) on bike-share, and the remaining 80,000 on private bicycles. The estimate is based on DOT’s counts of Citi Bikes and other bikes at 10 locations within the service area in August, using the ratio to extrapolate the total number of non-Citi-Bike trips in the bike-share zone. DOT also surveyed 1,038 bike-share users in August and gathered information about how and why they use the system. Citi Bike is overwhelmingly used for utilitarian trips, not recreation, 54 percent used it for work trips, including commuting, while a third used Citi Bike to run errands. Only 14 percent used it for sightseeing, while 12 percent used it for exercise. Nearly two-thirds of users said they had replaced subway trips with bike-share and 63 percent said they have used Citi Bike when they otherwise would have walked. Trips by taxi, livery, and personal car were also replaced with bike-share: 21 percent of users said they have hopped on a Citi Bike instead of taking a car. Only 18 percent said they would have taken the bus, while nine percent said they would have used their own bike. Importantly, many trips are supplementing other modes, not completely substituting for them, 52 percent say they combine Citi Bike with other modes of transportation (Taxis for instants and Transits) some or most of the time. Citi Bike has also led New Yorkers to parts of the city they would not otherwise explore, 46 percent said they had used bike-share to go somewhere they wouldn’t have gone without it. DOT estimates that there are 311,000 bike trips each day in the five boroughs, and that 54,000 of these bike trips, or about 17 percent, are to and from work.