Q&A
Measurement of micromobility access in NYC neighborhoods
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Council Member Brooks-Powers inquires about how DOT measures that 70% of city residents have access to bike or scooter share in their neighborhoods. Commissioner Rodriguez and Deputy Commissioner Beaton explain the methodology.
- DOT determines the figure by overlaying Citi Bike and scooter share service areas with recent census data
- It's a straightforward overlay of census data on where people live and which tracts are covered by one of the two service areas
- The measurement is based on population coverage rather than a specific distance-based metric
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
0:18:39
Thank you.
0:18:40
Commissioner, you mentioned during your testimony that between Citi Bike and Scooter Share, nearly 70% of the city's residents have access to bike or scooter share in their neighborhoods.
0:18:50
How is this measured?
0:18:51
Is it that 70% of neighborhood tabulation areas weighted by population have access to one of these micro mobility options, or is it a more granular approach?
0:19:02
For example, 70% of people live within a certain number of yards of these options.
Ydanis Rodriguez
0:19:11
DOT and and Eric Vitton also, he can expand a little bit more, but DOT determined this figure by overlaying the Citi Bike and scooter share services areas with recent census data.
Eric Beaton
0:19:27
And it's it's a fairly straightforward overlay.
0:19:29
It's just the census data around where people live and which of those tracks are covered by 1 of the 2 service areas.
