Understanding bike share cyclist route choice using GPS data: Comparing dominant routes and shortest paths

This paper investigates cyclist route choices using global positioning system (GPS) data collected from 750 bicycles in Hamilton, Ontario's bike share system – SoBi (Social Bicycles) Hamilton. A dataset containing 161,426 GPS trajectories describing observed routes of cyclists using SoBi bikes over a 12-month period (April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016) is used for analysis. This study groups trips by origin-destination hub pairs and uses a GIS …