We built a visualization for Tel Aviv's municipal bike service (django, d3, tempodb, mapbox, tilemill, tilestache, etc.): http://telostats.com (warning: hebrew).
Sadly we don't have anonymized ride data, but we do have bike station info for each station over time. Lots of good use we can make out of that.
I wonder if anonymized ride data will ever be available for consumption. It would be interesting to see an animation of bike movement throughout the day.
Probably. The New York system uses the same technology and operator as the DC system, which has been around for several years and has released lots of data. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/13327/capital-bikes... is a blog post about the DC system's initial anonymous data release.
Sweet! I wasn't sure if this data was going to be public or not. It's a little odd that some stations are abbreviated "st." while some spell out "street"
That's right. Light blue for spaces available, dark blue for bikes available. This is what happens when you let your branding trump your user experience design. :P
(I mean, aside from color selection, the thermometer-style idea is neat, but I'd prefer a system that highlights the absolute failure conditions because it's kind of hard to tell the difference between 1 bike and 0 bikes...)
Sadly we don't have anonymized ride data, but we do have bike station info for each station over time. Lots of good use we can make out of that.