Abstract
In contemporary times, bike sharing programs are gaining importance as an influential transportation mode in both urban and rural areas. They are also used as a vital transportation mode on university campuses which serve as a healthy and environmentally-friendly transportation system. However, having an appropriate location for a bike station is important, so as to maximize the benefits of the service. This study used an origin–destination (O-D) matrix to identify appropriate bike station locations at the Morgan State University campus. The O-D matrix analysis identifies three locations Cumming Hall/University Health Center, Rawling Hall, and Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies as the most appropriate locations to start a pilot, which will serve most of the campus (students, faculty, staff) and connect them to the maximum number of facilities at Morgan State University. The O-D matrix takes into account the occupancy or population of individual buildings based on enrollment over the past four years, the distance to the center of the campus where maximum facilities including the graduate and undergraduate offices are located, and the frequency of the university shuttle connecting most of the buildings. This methodology can be replicated and used on other university campuses and will help further bike sharing programs.
Highlights
In recent years, bike-sharing systems (BSS) have created their place as an attractive mode of transportation for short trips
The O-D matrix takes into account the occupancy or population of individual buildings based on enrollment over the past four years, the distance to the center of the campus where maximum facilities including the graduate and undergraduate offices are located, and the frequency of the university shuttle connecting most of the buildings
The O-D matrix used the population of each building, the distance to the center of the campus where maximum facilities, including the graduate and undergraduate offices, are located and the frequency of the university shuttle connecting most of the buildings
Summary
Bike-sharing systems (BSS) have created their place as an attractive mode of transportation for short trips. More than 400 cities have already installed the BSS around the world and an approximate half million bikes are publicly available around the globe [1,2]. People can take a short one-way trip whenever they need, which is a healthy way of commuting. Travel behavior studies indicate that millennials are willing to drive less and are more interested in shared transportation systems [5,6]. It is safe to say that bike-share is an ideal transportation mode for the people who are environmental and health conscious and prefer to do short commutes [4,6,7]
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