Suitability of Bicycle Sharing Station in University of Utah campus

Two sustainability challenges can be efficiently addressed by bicycle sharing and micromobility: poor air quality and a deficit in public transportation. However, it is not an easy task to appropriately site a bicycle-sharing station in a large campus area as there are multiple variables acting upon the demand and usage of such stations.

This research is focused on identifying appropriate factors, variables, criteria, and their weightages from literature reviews that help determine the appropriate siting of Bicycle Sharing Stations and use it to identify the potential location of such stations within the main campus of the University of Utah. This would be carried out by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) within Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) Analysis in which the various raster images on the aforementioned variable has been overlaid to identify the appropriate location.

This research recommends utilizing available funds and resources to establish micro-mobility stations at the thirteen locations identified in the findings. However, the fleet size of micro-mobility, including bike-sharing, is recommended to be determined by further studying the user demand across the campus.