Extreme Bikesharing: How I used Python to plan an epic Ford GoBike trip

Presented at SF Python Talk Night on Jan 8, 2020 and at Full Stack Developer Meetup on Jan 14, 2020.

Abstract

How do you get the most bike for the buck out of a $10 day-pass for the Bay Wheels (formerly “Ford GoBike”) bike share system? This talk is about how I used constraint programming, mapping and routing APIs, public bike share datasets, map visualization libraries, and a whole lot of Python to plan an epic 13-hour-long 121-leg bike ride around the East Bay.

Video

Slides

Other Links

• Map version of ride itinerary
• Text version of ride itinerary
• Mapbox Directions API documentation
• OR Tools Routing documentation

Python packages used during the presentation:

• folium
• geopy
• ortools
• mapbox (development is paused since 2019)