This repository analyzes rental bike rides in munich from the year 2021. For more information see the heading Dataset "Rides on the MVG bike" below.

It is the accompanying repository to this blog post which discusses the findings: https://medium.com/@jonas.hahn/riding-the-data-wave-insights-into-munichs-bike-rental-trends-8330bc4e6c41

The data is prepared for analysis and the following questions are answered:

• How long do people usually rent these bikes?
• How far do they travel with them?
• Do people often use them complementary to the other public transport?

• Python 3.7 (it was tested with this version, but probably new versions also work)

The following python libraries were used. (see requirements.txt)

jupyter==1.0.0
pandas==1.5.3
matplotlib==3.7.1
geopy==2.3.0
numpy==1.24.2
black==23.1.0
jupyter_black==0.3.3

• rental-bike-analysis.ipynb : Jupyter Notebook containing the data analysis.
• MVG_Rad_Fahrten_2021.zip : 2021 MVG rental bike data (zipped).

(Optional) Download the dataset. The dataset is shipped with the repository, so you can skip this step.

wget https://www.mvg.de/dam/mvg/services/mobile-services/mvg-rad/fahrten-csv/MVG_Rad_Fahrten_2021.zip

Unzip the dataset.

unzip MVG_Rad_Fahrten_2021.zip

Install requirements.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Start the jupyter notebook.

jupyter

Now open in a browser: http://localhost:8888/notebooks/rental-bike-analysis.ipynb

https://opendata.muenchen.de/dataset/fahrten-mit-dem-mvg-rad

This data record includes anonymized raw data from trips with MVG bikes. The following data can be downloaded, viewed and evaluated for each bike rental:

• Start date and time of the loan
• End date and time of the loan
• Loan start coordinates
• Coordinates rental end
• Rental start station-based or free-floating
• Possibly station name
• Rental end station based or free floating
• Possibly station name

The data is always provided for an entire year. The upload takes place with a certain time lag of about 5-6 months, so that the data is available in May or June of the following year.

All code written in this repo is under the Apache License Version 2.0.

The data is under the Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0 https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0 .

Datenquelle: dl-de/by-2-0: Landeshauptstadt München – opendata.muenchen.de

https://opendata.muenchen.de/pages/nutzungsbedingungen