Using Data on Bike-Sharing System User Stopovers in Smart Tourism: A Case Study

Abstract

Bike-sharing systems are an important element in development of the smart cities and datasets from these systems are one of the ways to obtain large amount of information on bicycle traffic. These usually contain data on the origin and destination of each trip, as well as its time and duration. Alongside the basic data, some operators also provide information on the exact route picked by each user. This allows researchers to study stopovers, which may serve as a source of interesting information on human behaviour in public spaces and, as a consequence, help improve its analysis and design. However, using the raw data may lead to important errors because most stops occur in the vicinity of bike stations or are related to traffic problems, as evidenced by the case study of Cracow. The data filtering method proposed below opens up the possibility for using such datasets for further research on bike user behaviour and public spaces.

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“…There exists various studies from Cracow which deals with the topic of shared mobility, namely the former bike-sharing system, and transport infrastructure (Nosal 2015;Czech, Turoń, Urbańczyk 2017;Czech, Turoń, Sierpiński 2017;Bryniarska, Wilk 2018;Świgost-Kapocsi 2019;Banet 2021). However, they are focusing rather on overall evaluation of the bike-sharing system or user behaviour, it was neccessary for this research to develop it's own methodology.…”