Using Micro-Mobility Data to Drive Transportation Policy and Investments in Greater Boston is a short article describing the dockless bike share program run by the Boston area Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) as well as the MAPC’s approach to data sharing with Lime, the bike share service provider.

This short article describes the dockless bike share program run by the Boston area Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) as well as the MAPC’s approach to data sharing with Lime, the bike share service provider 1 . The goal for data sharing was to better understand how dockless bike sharing was 

being used, and then to use the results to inform policy and investment decisions. After 18 months, MAPC analyzed 300,000 trips covering 380,000 miles. 

The analysis showed that about 20% of trips were on “very high stress roadways” with high traffic volumes, multiple lanes in each direction, and no protected bike lane infrastructure. In many cases, there were few or no alternate routes for these portions of a trip. These results are being used to prioritize infrastructure investments.

Over half of the riders were not primarily bike riders, either not having ridden their own bike in over 30 days or not owning a bicycle. Fifteen percent began or ended at a transit station, indicating that while last mile trips were a significant minority, they were not the primary reason for choosing a bike share. One third of trips began and ended in different localities, showing the importance of coordination across jurisdictions. 

The readers can access the full report 2 on the analyses here.

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