Cyclist Dynamics in Barcelona

Over the weekend, I collected minute-by-minute data of the usage of Bicing (community bicycle program in Barcelona) bikes. The animation of these spatio-temporal data slightly reveals the dynamics of “cyclists” hanging out at the beach on Sunday afternoon (left) and then returning downtown in the evening (right).

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Relation to my thesis: This little hack joins two of my current train of thoughts. The first on the complexity of deploying of urban (computing) infrastructures (Bicing is an excellent case study) and on the second: taking advantage of the digital traces left by people interacting with technologies to reveal and act upon the imperfections of the systems.