In addition to recommending Capital Bikeshare locations, DDOT published maps showing some of their analysis to determine the locations:

Bike share crowdsourcing heat map from DDOT. Click to enlarge (PDF).

This is the “heat map” showing the locations people selected on the online survey. A light green dot seems to represent a single selection, and when more selections are close to each other, the dots combine into brighter colors.

Bikeshare planning analysis from DDOT. Click to enlarge (PDF).

This map combines planning factors DDOT used to determine a priority for sharing stations. According to the key, it gives points to areas for being within ¼ mile of bus stops, within ¾ mile of a Metro station or MARC/VRE station, within ¼ mile of a bike lane or trail, and for employment density, population density, and bike to work rate.

Finally, since Arlington has already released planned locations for the Crystal City/Pentagon City bike sharing stations, BeyondDC combined the two into a joint map:

Image from BeyondDC.

The Crystal City stations seem to have similar density to downtown DC. The heat map analysis also shows substantial demand along the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. We already knew Arlington hoped to expand there next, but the Crystal City BID contributed to the initial Arlington stations, which is why they’re there.

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.