This project analyzes data from the Los Angeles Metro Bike Share Program between October 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021. This is a public data source. I do not own this data.
Data Link: https://bikeshare.metro.net/ Tables:
- metro_stations • Rows: 348 • Columns: 5
- metro_trips 2021 Q4 (October-December) • Rows: 62647 • Columns: 15
I structured my analysis to view the data from 3 perspectives: user data, station data, and bike data. All data is based on the October - December 2021.
LA Metro Bike Share categorizes its riders via passes. There are four distinct pass types:
Walk -Ups: 1 ride access
One-day Pass: 24 hour access
Monthly Pass: 30 day access
Annual Pass: 365 day access
Between October – December of 2021, monthly riders dominated bike usage with a total of 30,993 riders, followed by walkups, annual pass and one day passes. One day pass riders accounted for the greatest duration of bike usage with an average ride time of 75 min for one-way trips and 112 minutes for round trips.
A notable increase in riders was seen on October 10, 2021 which correlated with the CICLAVIA Heart of LA event. This event closed several miles of street in the center of LA to allow for prestration traffic on roadways. The jump in riders was most noticable in walkup passes and one day passes. Walkup passes increased by 344 rides(112% increase) and one day pass increased by 312(300% increase) compared to the previous day.
There are 356 active stations cover the entire LA region:
139 in DTLA
23 North Hollywood
55 Westside
The most popular stations were:
- Downtown Santa Monica E Line station in the Westside region with 2832
- Ocean Front Walk in the Westside region with 2306.
- 7th and Flower in the DTLA region with 2090 trips
There are 1309 bikes in rotation: 1215 standard, 71 electric, and 23 smart.
Although standard bikes account for the majority of trips taken (49,654 of 62647 trips), electric bikes are by far the most favored bike type. The top 20 most popular bikes are all listed as electric, averaging over 100+ rides each. The most popular bike totaling 343 rides is electric.