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Hubway Bus Viz.Pdf Three days in the life Real-time MBTA bus location data and Hubway bicycle trip data from October 9–11, 2011 reveal patterns 2,273,909 for three typical types of days for these transportation systems: a Sunday, a Monday holiday, and a week- Total number of bus location reports day. The chart below shows the number of bicycle trips and bus location reports per hour over the three days. Unlike bus trips, which run much more often on weekdays, Hubway bicycle trips occur in similar numbers on each day, and in fact more on Sunday, suggesting that the bike-sharing program is often used for leisure trips—and after bars close late on Saturday night. Both buses and bikes show commuter 5,562 patterns on a weekday, however, with peaks during the morning and evening rush hours. Total number of Hubway trips October 9 October 10 October 11 Sunday Monday (Columbus Day) Tuesday Noon Midnight Noon Midnight Noon 200 150 100 Number of Hubway trips 50 20,000 40,000 60,000 Number of bus location reports 80,000 Andy Woodruff, Tim Wallace, and Kirk Goldsberry Hubway bike trip durations The duration of trips between Hubway stations is affected by several factors. First and most obvious is The charts here show the median trip duration from stations distance. Second is the pricing scheme, under which riders incur additional charges for trips longer than 30 named in rows to those named in columns, for both casual and minutes. The data reveal a third factor, which is the member type. “Casual” members, who sign up on the registered members. Notice that many station pairs saw no trips at spot for one or three days of membership, tend to take longer trips—which likely include many leisure all, and that trips returning to the same station from which they No trips < 10 minutes10–20 minutes20–30 minutes> 30 minutes rides—while registered annual members’ trips are shorter—presumably due in part to more usage for departed (the cells in a diagonal from top left to bottom right) are day-to-day commuting. fairly consistently long, especially for casual members. 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