bikedata: Download and aggregate data from public bicycle hire systems

In ropensci/bikedata: Download and Aggregate Data from Public Hire Bicycle Systems

Download and aggregate data from public bicycle hire systems

Description

Download data from all public bicycle hire systems which provide open data, currently including

• Santander Cycles London, U.K.

• citibike New York City NY, U.S.A.

• Divvy Chicago IL, U.S.A.

• Capital BikeShare Washingon DC, U.S.A.

• Hubway Boston MA, U.S.A.

• Metro Los Angeles CA, U.S.A.

Download and store data

• dl_bikedata Download data for particular cities and dates

• store_bikedata Store data in SQLite3 database

Sample data for testing package

• bike_test_data Description of test data included with package

• bike_write_test_data Write test data to disk in form precisely reflecting data provided by all systems

• bike_rm_test_data Remove data written to disk with bike_write_test_data

Functions to aggregate trip data

• bike_daily_trips Aggregate daily time series of total trips

• bike_stations Extract table detailing locations and names of bicycle docking stations

• bike_tripmat Extract aggregate counts of trips between all pairs of stations within a given city

Summary Statistics

• bike_summary_stats Overall quantitative summary of database contents. All of the following functions provide individual aspects of this summary.

• bike_db_totals Count total numbers of trips or stations, either for entire database or a specified city.

• bike_datelimits Return dates of first and last trips, either for entire database or a specified city.

• bike_demographic_data Simple table indicating which cities include demographic parameters with their data

• bike_latest_files Check whether files contained in database are latest published versions

Author(s)

Mark Padgham

ropensci/bikedata documentation built on Feb. 7, 2024, 6:04 a.m.