According to a new data visualization project conducted by the University of Toronto's School of Cities, ridership increased from about 665,000 trips in 2015 to over 4.5 million in 2022.
In the last year alone, ridership increased by 28 per cent over 2022. And while most users are taking trips in the summer, winter usage is also on the rise."It is very encouraging, particularly this past winter, to see how much this jumped," said Jeff Allen, data visualization lead at the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. "Maybe we had…more days where there was less snow.""Biking in the winter pretty easy as long as you're prepared for it," he said.
Gurinder Sandhu says while he's happy to see more people using Bike Share, the program isn't city-wide just yet. And with Scarborough residents losing a key piece of transit infrastructure, the need for the service there is greater than ever, he says. Hanna says there will be 110 to 130 new stations coming each year for the next three years though to 2025.
According to a new data visualization project from University of Toronto's School of Cities, Bike Share Toronto ridership increased from about 665,000 trips in 2015 to over 4.5 million in 2022.