Longitudinal Analysis of Bikesharing Usage in Montreal, Canada

This paper presents a study of Montreal’s Bixi bikesharing system members over a period of 7 years (2009-2015). More than 23.5 million transactions are transformed into 219,019 members-year units to identify six clusters that have similar travel behavior. A descriptive analysis shows that men, people living closer to the system are most likely to be frequent users. The annual distribution of clusters is quite stable over the 7-year period, however harsh weather may influence the behaviors at the beginning and the end of the 8-month bikesharing season. The cluster’s persistency has been followed through the 7 years, showing that frequent users have higher retention rate (up to 60% annually).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Standing Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Morency, Catherine
  • Trepanier, Martin
  • Frappier, Alexis
  • Bourdeau, Jean-Simon
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
• Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Demographics; Travel behavior; Vehicle sharing; Weather
• Geographic Terms: Montreal (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01632424
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-04390
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 19 2017 3:39PM