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The paper develops models for modeling the availability of bikes in the San Francisco Bay Area Bike Share System applying machine learning at two levels: network and station. Investigating BSSs at the station-level is the full problem that…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Huthaifa I. Ashqar , Mohammed Elhenawy , Hesham A. Rakha , Mohammed Almannaa , Leanna House

In urban spatial networks, there is an interdependency between neighborhood roles and the transportation methods between neighborhoods. In this paper, we classify docking stations in bicycle-sharing networks to gain insight into the human…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-08-16 Jane Carlen , Jaume de Dios Pont , Cassidy Mentus , Shyr-Shea Chang , Stephanie Wang , Mason A. Porter

This paper presents SAFEBIKE, a novel route recommendation system for bike-sharing service that utilizes station information to infer the number of available bikes in dock and recommend bike routes according to multiple factors such as…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-12-06 Weisheng Zhong , Fanglan Chen , Kaiqun Fu , Chang-Tien Lu

Bike sharing systems are a very popular means to provide bikes to citizens in a simple and cheap way. The idea is to install bike stations at various points in the city, from which a registered user can easily loan a bike by removing it…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-12-17 Tommaso Urli

Bike sharing systems often suffer from poor capacity management as a result of variable demand. These bike sharing systems would benefit from models to predict demand in order to moderate the number of bikes stored at each station. In this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Alexander Saff , Mayur Bhandary , Siddharth Srivastava

Understanding the usage patterns for bike-sharing systems is essential in terms of supporting and enhancing operational planning for such schemes. Studies have demonstrated how factors such as weather conditions influence the number of…

Applications · Statistics 2023-10-24 Andreas Piter , Philipp Otto , Hamza Alkhatib

To reduce automobile exhaust pollution, traffic congestion and parking difficulties, bike-sharing systems are rapidly developed in many countries and more than 500 major cities in the world over the past decade. In this paper, we discuss a…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Quan-Lin Li , Rui-Na Fan

The development of smart cities requires innovative sensing solutions for efficient and low-cost urban environment monitoring. Bike-sharing systems, with their wide coverage, flexible mobility, and dense urban distribution, present a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Wen Ji , Ke Han , Qi Hao , Qian Ge , Ying Long

Vehicle (bike or car) sharing represents an emerging transportation scheme which may comprise an important link in the green mobility chain of smart city environments. This chapter offers a comprehensive review of algorithmic approaches for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-10-06 Damianos Gavalas , Charalampos Konstantopoulos , Grammati Pantziou

The Citi Bike deployment changes the landscape of urban mobility in New York City and provides an example of a scalable solution that many other large cities are already adopting around the world. Urban stakeholders who are considering a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-08-22 Stanislav Sobolevsky , Ekaterina Levitskaya , Henry Chan , Marc Postle , Constantine Kontokosta

Bike sharing demand is increasing in large cities worldwide. The proper functioning of bike-sharing systems is, nevertheless, dependent on a balanced geographical distribution of bicycles throughout a day. In this context, understanding the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-05 Cláudio Sardinha , Anna C. Finamore , Rui Henriques

Following the growth of dock-based bike sharing systems as an eco-friendly solution for transportation in urban areas, Dockless systems are revolutionizing the market for the increased flexibility they offer to users. Bike redistribution is…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-04-27 Damian Barabonkov , Samantha D'Alonzo , Joseph Pierre , Daniel Kondor , Xiaohu Zhang , Mai Anh Tien

Bike sharing is a vital component of a modern multi-modal transportation system. However, its implementation can lead to bike supply-demand imbalance due to fluctuating spatial and temporal demands. This study proposes a comprehensive…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-06-11 Lei Lin

Bike-sharing systems have emerged as a significant element of urban mobility, providing an environmentally friendly transportation alternative. With the increasing integration of electric bikes alongside mechanical bikes, it is crucial to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Jordi Grau-Escolano , Aleix Bassolas , Julian Vicens

Bikesharing schemes are transportation systems that not only provide an efficient mode of transportation in congested urban areas, but also improve last-mile connectivity with public transportation and local accessibility. Bikesharing…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-06-06 Fernando Munoz-Mendez , Konstantin Klemmer , Ke Han , Stephen Jarvis

Bike-sharing systems have been regarded as a critical component of solutions towards the transition to greener and more sustainable transportation, with the benefits of reducing carbon emissions, improving public health, and mitigating…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-05-18 Xinze Qiu , Tianli Gao , Yu Yang , Ankang Luo , Fan Shang , Ruiqi Li

Electric scooters are becoming immensely popular across the world as a means of reliable transportation around many cities. As these e-scooters rely on batteries, it is important to understand how many of these e-scooters have enough…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-04-23 Jamol Pender , Shuang Tao , Anders Wikum

Many public transportation systems are unable to keep up with growing passenger demand as the population grows in urban areas. The slow or lack of improvements for public transportation pushes people to use private transportation modes,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-15 Qian-Ping Gu , Jiajian Leo Liang

One fundamental issue in managing bike sharing systems is the bike flow prediction. Due to the hardness of predicting the flow for a single station, recent research works often predict the bike flow at cluster-level. While such studies gain…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Di Chai , Leye Wang , Qiang Yang

The last decade has seen a rapid rise in the number of bikeshare programs, where bikes are made available throughout a community on an as-needed basis. Given that many of these programs are at least partially publicly funded, a central…

Applications · Statistics 2019-06-04 Simon Couch , Heather Kitada Smalley