A look at rebalancing: What have Lower East, Tompkins Square and Hells Kitchen done to piss off Citibike?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

32 stations received bikes (blue icons)                                         19 stations received bikes

31 stations surrendered bikes (green icons)                                 10 stations surrendered bikes

12 am to 6 am: 27                                                                        12 am to 6 am: 10

6:30 am to noon: 15                                                                     6:30 am to noon: 9

12:30 pm to 6 pm: 11                                                                   12:30 pm to 6 pm: 6

6:30 pm to 12 am: 11                                                                    6:30 pm to 12 am: 11 

This is our first look at Citi Bike's rebalancing efforts. And our first thought: What have the Lower East Side, Tompkins Square and Hells Kitchen done to piss off Citi Bike?  Below are the same maps with last week's Top 10 Manhattan NotSpots added (red icons): 




















Here's the Top 10 NotSpot list:

NEIGHBORHOOD	STATION	NOTSPOT℠ HOURS THIS QUARTER	NOTSPOT℠ HOURS THIS WEEK
Times Square	Broadway & W 37 St	75	29
Midtown North	W 45 St & 8 Ave	42	20.5
Midtown North	E 53 St & Madison Ave	19	19
Tompkins Square	Avenue D & E 3 St	26	18
Hells Kitchen	W 52 St & 9 Ave	91.5	18
Tompkins Square	E 9 St & Avenue C	34.5	18
Lower East Side	Pitt St & Stanton St	28.5	17.5
Hudson Square	6 Ave & Broome St	15	16
Hells Kitchen	W 54 St & 9 Ave	77	16
Financial District	Old Slip & Front St	43.5	16

On Monday, three of the ten (in bold) were rebalanced.  The five stations in italics all went empty at some point Monday.

Here's the list again for Wednesday's numbers:

NEIGHBORHOOD	STATION	NOTSPOT℠ HOURS THIS QUARTER	NOTSPOT℠ HOURS THIS WEEK
Times Square	Broadway & W 37 St	75	29
Midtown North	W 45 St & 8 Ave	42	20.5
Midtown North	E 53 St & Madison Ave	19	19
Tompkins Square	Avenue D & E 3 St	26	18
Hells Kitchen	W 52 St & 9 Ave	91.5	18
Tompkins Square	E 9 St & Avenue C	34.5	18
Lower East Side	Pitt St & Stanton St	28.5	17.5
Hudson Square	6 Ave & Broome St	15	16
Hells Kitchen	W 54 St & 9 Ave	77	16
Financial District	Old Slip & Front St	43.5	16

The station in bold was rebalanced. The four in italics went empty sometime during the day.

Our point here is that the NotSpot issue at many stations is chronic in nature: They empty or fill at roughly the same times several days a week. And they suffer from inattention by the system operators.

You may view interactive versions of the Google Maps here:

Monday

Wednesday