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Hubway: Making a More Vibrant Boston Region
Jessica RobertsonMetropolitan Area Planning Council
• 112 stations
• 1,100 bicycles
• >700,000 rides
• Launched July 2011
Hubway Basics
Commute to Work
Errands/Shopping
Social Activities
Meetings
Recreation/Fitness
To/from transit
Tourism
Q: What was the purpose of your most recent Hubway trip? (Dec. 2011)
How is Hubway being used?
Q: I use Hubway for: (rank in order of frequency/importance) (Dec. 2012)
WORK:
55% commuting = #1 reason for using Hubway
½ ranked meetings/work-related trips among top 3
How is Hubway being used?
PERSONAL:
83% ranked personal errands among top 3
½ ranked social/entertainment trips among top 3
Hubway Users are Multimodal
Personal bike in working condition
Personal bike NOT in working condition
Car/SUV/truck
Motorcycle/scooter
MBTA monthly pass
Zipcar or other car share
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
57%
9%
65%
3%
48%
36%
Q: Do you currently have access to any of the following?
Hubway + the T
60% of members link at least 1 trip each week with transit.
On average, each
member links 2.8 trips with transit each week.
Hubway vs. the T
hubwaydatachallenge.org --Ta Virot Chiraphadhanakul
What’s the Public Health Impact?
½ Boston area adults are overweight or obeseDo not get minimum daily exercise
Regularly20%
Sometimes36%
Almost never44%
Q: Before you became a Hubway member, how often did you ride a bike?
Hubway members average 10.2 trips per month
30 Million Calories Burned
“Hubway has changed my life. Seriously. I hadn't ridden a bike in 10+ years and this year with Hubway - 300+ rides, 70+ hours. I ride to the store, back and forth to work, for exercise even to run to a restaurant for take out and bike back home. Go Hubway!”
What’s the Environmental Impact?
1/3 of MA greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation
…and it’s growing faster than any other sector.
>88,000 Fewer Car Trips
2/3 of Hubway members own a car
>88,000 Fewer Car Trips
2/3 of Hubway members own a car
1/2 of members who own a car replace at least 1-3 car trips each week with Hubway
>88,000 Fewer Car Trips
2/3 of Hubway members own a car
1/2 of members who own a car replace at least 1-3 car trips each week with Hubway
36% replace 4 or more car trips each week
>88,000 Fewer Car Trips
2/3 of Hubway members own a car
1/2 of members who own a car replace at least 1-3 car trips each week with Hubway
36% replace 4 or more car trips each week
1.2 trips replaced per member per week
Taxis Too!Q: During a typical week, how many trips did you take using each of the following forms of transportation?
Since joining Hubway: Commute Taxi Trips: ↓32%Non-Commute Taxi Trips: ↓ 28%
>88,000 Fewer Car Trips
Mobility + Health + Environment
“I’m saving $50, MINIMUM, each week on cabs… and those were cabs that were STUCK in traffic. I am saving time AND money… the weight keeps coming off and everyone at the office is beginning to ask about “this Hubway thing.” I love it.”
“[On Saturday] My two daughters ride ahead of my wife and I as we walk to the closest Hubway station. That is where all of our family bike rides begin. This is a freedom that Hubway has given us. We never did this kind of thing a year ago.”
Jessica RobertsonMetropolitan Area Planning Council
617-451-2770 x2016 [email protected]
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