CityBikes - Bike Sharing Networks Around the World

CityBikes - Bike Sharing Networks Around the World

Explore the evolution and impact of CityBikes, a FOSS project providing global bike-sharing data, in this 34-minute EuroPython 2015 conference talk. Discover how the project grew from a local Barcelona service to supporting over 200 cities worldwide, gathering more than 170 million historical entries for analysis. Learn about the challenges faced, including legal hurdles, and how Python and community collaboration drove the project's success. Gain insights into the open API that has become the primary source for open bike-share data globally, and get a glimpse of the impressive real-time map showcasing bike-sharing networks around the world.