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Scroll to know more about how the public bike share is used in and around the city of Boston by students commuting to Northeastern.

The data set used for this study has been provided by Bluebikes
Data set viewed on 13^th November 2022

About

Bluebikes is your public bike share system in Arlington, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Newton, Revere, Salem, Somerville, and Watertown. Together, we've taken more than 13 million trips by bike.

Rides by month

Usage frequency by month in 2021

Which months see the highest use of the bluebike?

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Usage frequency by day in 2021

Which days in the week see the highest trips taken by the bluebike in 2021.

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Where can I find it?

Blue-bike docks by neighbourhood

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Commuting to Northeastern?

Check out areas from where students commute to Northeastern using the bluebike.
The following sets of visualizations have been made using trip data with an end stop at one of the blue-bike stations in proximity to Northeastern. These are:

Northeastern University - North Parking Lot
Christian Science Plaza - Massachusetts Ave at Westland Ave
Ruggles T Stop - Columbus Ave at Melnea Cass Blvd
Forsyth St at Huntington Ave
ass Ave T Station

Commute patterns

Where do commuters ride from

Looking at stations from where commuters travel to Northeastern University. Every circle in the viz represents a blue bike station.

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Commute patterns

Which districts have the most rides to Northeastern

Looking at the month wise trend of total rides to Northeastern from every district in 2021.

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