Freedom from the Station: Spatial Equity in Access to Dockless Bike Share.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bike sharing systems have potential to substantially boost active transportation levels (and consequent physical and mental health) in urban populations. We explored equity of spatial access in a novel 'dockless' bike share system that does not that constrain bike pickup and drop-off locations to docking stations.

Methods

Starting in July 2017, Seattle, Washington piloted a dockless bike share system that made 10,000 bikes available. We merged data on resident sociodemographic and economic characteristics from the American Community Survey about 93 defined neighborhoods with data about bike locations, bike idle time, and which neighborhoods operators rebalanced bikes to. We used mapping and descriptive statistics to compare access between neighborhoods along socio

SUBMITTER: Mooney SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756758 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature