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By Plotting Journeys, Providing a Glimpse at Citi Bike Ridership

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The New York Times, City Room contributor Matt Flegenheimer on Juan Francisco Saldarriaga's research on CitiBike trips:  

"Since its introduction last May, the Citi Bike program has attracted 100,000 annual members but far fewer daily subscribers than expected, a combination that has contributed to the system’s precarious finances as operators look to expand. 

The math is simple: Regular riders strain the system through repeated use, leading to higher costs. A new data visualization project demonstrates this phenomenon, and makes clear the degree to which the bike share system has become interwoven into the city’s transit network." Read this article here.