Analyzing the Potential Impact of Docked Bikeshare on Transit First-Last Mile Accessibility in East Los Angeles

Abstract

We model how docked bikeshare can improve transit accessibility in two Los Angeles neighborhoods. We measure the fraction of study area population within 5- and 10-minute walk/bike commutes from high frequency transit (≤ 10-minute morning peak headway). We show that bikeshare can increase the number of residents within 5-minutes / 10-minutes of high frequency transit by 12% / 13% (deploying 74 docked bikeshare stations) and by 42% / 66% (deploying 296 bikeshare stations.) The results for within the 5-minute travel time are robust to siting specification changes, while the 10-minute results are more sensitive to specification.