Evaluating the impact of implementing public bicycle share programs on cycling: the International Bikeshare Impacts on Cycling and Collisions Study (IBICCS)

Table 1 City population, bicycling mode share, and PSBP information for the 8 cities where respondents were sampled in IBICCS

	City
	Newly implemented PBSP		Existing PBSP			Control
	Chicago	New York	Boston	Montreal	Toronto	Detroit	Philadelphia	Vancouver
Population^a	2,695,598	8,175,133	617,594	1,649,519	2,615,060	713,777	1,526,006	603,502
Area (km²)	589.6	783.8	125.0	365.1	630.2	359.4	347.3	115.0
Population density (per km²)	4571.9	10,430.1	4940.8	4517.6	4149.5	1986.0	4393.9	5249.2
Proportion who commute to work by bicycle^b	1.4%	1.0%	1.9%	3.1%	2.2%	0.4%	2.0%	4.4%
Public bicycle share program (PBSP)	Divvy Bikes	City Bike	Blue Bikes	BIXI Montréal	Bike Share Toronto	–	–	–
PBSP implementation	2013	2013	2011	2009	2011	–	–	–
# of docking stations, 2014	300	332	140	444	78	–	–	–

^aChicago, New York, Boston, Detroit, and Philadelphia based on 2010 Census [11]. Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver based on 2011 Canadian Census [12]
^bChicago, New York, Boston, Detroit, and Philadelphia based on 2010–2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates [13]. Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver based on 2011 National Household survey [14]

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