Historical Divvy Bike Station Availability and Docks

Historical records track bicycle and dock availability at Divvy bike-sharing stations. The dataset includes station status, location, and capacity metrics like 'Available Bikes', 'Available Docks', and 'Percent Full'. It was published by data.cityofchicago.org but is no longer updated, with a known gap in records from July to December 2019.

Use Cases

• Analyze station-level 'Percent Full' and 'Available Docks' over 'Timestamp' to model daily and seasonal demand patterns.
• Map station 'Latitude' and 'Longitude' with 'Available Bikes' to visualize historical spatial availability gaps.
• Correlate 'Status' and 'Docks in Service' with 'Timestamp' to identify historical station maintenance or outage events.
• Forecast 'Available Bikes' using time-series models on historical 'Timestamp' and 'Total Docks' data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple station-level metrics per record: 'Available Bikes', 'Available Docks', 'Percent Full', 'Status'.
• Provides geospatial coordinates ('Latitude', 'Longitude') and station details ('Station Name', 'Address').

Limitations

• Contains a documented gap in records between July 7, 2019, and December 9, 2019.
• Dataset is historical-only and no longer updated, limiting analysis to past periods.
• Key metadata like total row count, file size, and license are unknown.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org, sourced from Divvy bike-sharing system.

Collection Method

Presumably collected from station sensors tracking bicycle and dock availability.

Time Range

Historical periods up to 2019, with a data gap from July to December 2019.

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA (Divvy system coverage area).