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Seattle collects data on bike share usage, available here: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bike-program/bike-share https:/

Seattle collects data on bike share usage, available here: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bike-program/bike-share https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs... Seems in the sunnier months they get about 200,000 trips, from a fleet of 10,000 bikes. I think a lot of people start riding the share bikes before deciding to purchase a bike themselves too. Overall ridership is up 12% this year.

breuleux 7y ago
In Montreal, the figure ranges from 600,000 (May) to 900,000 trips (July) from a fleet of 7,500 (there are no bikes from mid-November to mid-April). They're everywhere. Edit: I was still on the 2017 figures for some reason. 800,000 trips last May, 975,000 last August. (https://montreal.bixi.com/en/open-data https://montreal.bixi.com/en/open-data)
- Belphemur 7y ago
  Even with those ridership number the company went bankrupt in 2014 and had to be bought by the city that made it non profit. In other words, not really a profitable market.
  - alexanderdmitri 7y ago
    Companies targeting great markets fail all the time due to other factors. It not like all that needs to happen is someone point their finger at a good market and magically money starts piling up.
mdorazio 7y ago
Great link, thanks for sharing. A couple more stats for other readers here: - In May 2019, bike share users took about 218,400 trips on a fleet of about 4,400-5,100 bikes. (~43 trips per bike average during the month) - Around 95,000 individual users - ~2 trips per individual user during the month So, realistically not that great on a per-user basis and it seems like a lot of users are only trying it out a few times or grabbing a bike once in a while. That meshes pretty well with the idea that people who find themselves using the service frequently probably just buy a bike.
trhwe2313 7y ago
> I think a lot of people start riding the share bikes before decidin I don't mean to sound elitist but riding BSOs is the surest way to turn people away from biking - and these bikeshare one look worse than the mamacharis ridden in Tokyo. In anycase, considering the bike culture of Seattle, I doubt there is a big overlap b/w the two kind of riders - casual and dedicated commuters.
- msrpotus 7y ago
  I started as a casual biker (using the London bike share on vacation there) and became a serious bike commuter. It’s a journey, not a simple division.

breuleux 7y ago

In Montreal, the figure ranges from 600,000 (May) to 900,000 trips (July) from a fleet of 7,500 (there are no bikes from mid-November to mid-April). They're everywhere. Edit: I was still on the 2017 figures for some reason. 800,000 trips last May, 975,000 last August. (https://montreal.bixi.com/en/open-data https://montreal.bixi.com/en/open-data)

Belphemur 7y ago
Even with those ridership number the company went bankrupt in 2014 and had to be bought by the city that made it non profit. In other words, not really a profitable market.
- alexanderdmitri 7y ago
  Companies targeting great markets fail all the time due to other factors. It not like all that needs to happen is someone point their finger at a good market and magically money starts piling up.

mdorazio 7y ago

Great link, thanks for sharing. A couple more stats for other readers here: - In May 2019, bike share users took about 218,400 trips on a fleet of about 4,400-5,100 bikes. (~43 trips per bike average during the month) - Around 95,000 individual users - ~2 trips per individual user during the month So, realistically not that great on a per-user basis and it seems like a lot of users are only trying it out a few times or grabbing a bike once in a while. That meshes pretty well with the idea that people who find themselves using the service frequently probably just buy a bike.

trhwe2313 7y ago

> I think a lot of people start riding the share bikes before decidin I don't mean to sound elitist but riding BSOs is the surest way to turn people away from biking - and these bikeshare one look worse than the mamacharis ridden in Tokyo. In anycase, considering the bike culture of Seattle, I doubt there is a big overlap b/w the two kind of riders - casual and dedicated commuters.

msrpotus 7y ago
I started as a casual biker (using the London bike share on vacation there) and became a serious bike commuter. It’s a journey, not a simple division.