Here we see a graphical representation of the divvy trips throughout the year. One can notice both from a the full view or by clicking and holding down the mouse while dragging for a zoom in, that as one might guess, there is a a pretty consistent spike every week towards the weekend, which remained a trend through out the year even when factors like the seasonal change and weather slowed overall use. The biggest outlier here is Sunday September 15th, which shows just how big a factor the weather can play. That day Chicago saw temperatures in the lower 60's for one of the first times in the season.
Here we can see a sharp differene between the use of Divvy bikes between the sexes. Men were using the bikes at near a quadruple rate on average. However, whats interesting is despite the difference in overall use, here we can see that from a purely age ranged view, the sexes usage pattern more or less mirrors each other. *I chose to show these age ranges because they seem more pertinent from an analytical perspective. Also, as I sifted through the data I noticed quite a few subscribers whose ages seemed to eclipse 100 years of age strangely enough, suggesting to me some members may have entered their age on a whim.
Here we the total trips by hour. There is a pretty clear pattern here that syncs up with the average workday of 9(ish) to 5(ish).
Here we see the top 10 most departed from stations. Not suprisingly, most of these locations are near or at the downtown tourist attractions like Navy Pier and Millenium Park. Being in the loop, and the heart of downtown, these stations were all released as part of the initial Divvy release stage and thus got the most opportunity to be departed from.
Here we see the top 10 least departed from stations. There are 2 obvious trends at work here. First, most of these stations are located a good distance from the loop or the general downtown area. Taking this a step farther, and knowing that the Divvy stations were released in stages, a quick glance at the staging plans shows many of these stations were released towards the end of 2013.
Here we see the top 10 most arrived at stations. They mirror the patters we noticed in the most departed from stations. Being in the loop, and the heart of downtown, these stations were all released as part of the initial Divvy release stage and thus got the most opportunity to be departed from.
Here we see the top 10 least arrived at stations. Just like the least departed from, there are 2 obvious trends at work here. First, most of these stations are located a good distance from the loop or the general downtown area. Taking this a step farther, and knowing that the Divvy stations were released in stages, a quick glance at the staging plans shows many of these stations were released towards the end of 2013.
Here we see the top ten most taken trips, meaning these trips have station departed from to the station arrived at in common the most. Not suprisingly, many of these trips have a few common starting or ending points, like stations around attractions like Navy Pier and Millennium park. What is somewhat suprising, is that a few of these top ten actually share the exact same starting and finishing point. Thinking about this a little deeper, there are a few possible things to consider. Why it is entirely possible that people are just taking in the sites around Chicago and going back to a station they remember, there is also another explanation. There are a fair amount of trips at these stations with very short trip durations, which suggest that they may have had some issues docking or undocking their bikes. When you consider that people from other cities that may not have bike shares visit these station the most, this becomes a very likely explanation.