README for “Bikeshare Scooter Systems 2019-Present” dataset. U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS); U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) [distributor] 2025-06-09 ---------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS TO DATASET ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. Dataset archive link: https://doi.org/10.21949/1404301 B. NTAD catalog dataset link (Current Year): https://doi.org/10.21949/1522023 ---------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY OF DATASET ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Bikeshare Scooter Systems 2019-Present dataset is from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics’s (BTS's) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). It is a list of cities served by a bikeshare and/or e-scooter system collected each year from 2015 to 2024. Some systems serve more than one city. The layer lists just the primary city served. Bikeshare includes systems that are open to the general public, IT-automated, and station based (contain hubs to which users can grab and return a bike) as well as dockless systems. The layer includes a count of the number of docking stations, the number of dockless bikeshare systems, and the number of e-scooter systems serving a city (if applicable) in each year. Counts are for systems operating at any point during the specified year unless otherwise specified by the field. ---------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. General Information B. Sharing/Access & Policies Information C. Data and Related File Overview D. Methodological Information E. Data-Specific Information for: Bikeshare Scooter Systems 2019-Present [datasets] F. Update Log ---------------------------------------------------------------- A. GENERAL INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Title of Dataset: Bikeshare Scooter Systems 2019-Present [dataset] 1. Description of Dataset: The Bikeshare Scooter Systems 2019-Present dataset is from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS's) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). It is a list of cities served by a bikeshare and/or e-scooter system collected each year from 2015 to 2024. Some systems serve more than one city. The layer lists just the primary city served. Bikeshare includes systems that are open to the general public, IT-automated, and station based (contain hubs to which users can grab and return a bike) as well as dockless systems. The layer includes a count of the number of docking stations, the number of dockless bikeshare systems, and the number of e-scooter systems serving a city (if applicable) in each year. Counts are for systems operating at any point during the specified year unless otherwise specified by the field. 2. Dataset archive link: https://doi.org/10.21949/1404301 3. Authorship Information: Principal Data Creator or Data Manager Contact Information Institution: U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Address: 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, Washington D.C. 20590 Contact: bts@dot.gov Data Distributor Contact Information Name: National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Institution: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of Spatial Analysis and Visualization (OSAV) Address: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington D.C. 20590 Email: ntad@dot.gov 4. Date of data collection and update interval: This dataset is updated annually. This dataset is updated annually. Dataset Manager is contacted to verify changes to data resulting in NTAD update. The metadata is updated in the same manner. For the most recent data, please visit the NTAD catalog at https://doi.org/10.21949/1522023 5. Geographic location of data collection: United States of America 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) ---------------------------------------------------------------- B. SHARING/ACCESS & POLICIES INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Recommended citation for the data: U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) [distributor]. Bikeshare Scooter Systems 2019-Present [datasets]. 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: These data are in the Public Domain. 2. Was data derived from another source?: No. 3. This document was created to meet the requirements enumerated in the U.S. Department of Transportation's 'Plan to Increase Public Access to the Results of Federally-Funded Scientific Research' Version 1.1 << https://doi.org/10.21949/1520559 >> and guidelines suggested by the DOT Public Access website << https://doi.org/10.21949/1503647 >>, in effect and current as of December 03, 2020. ---------------------------------------------------------------- C. DATA & RELATED FILE OVERVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. File List for the Bikeshare Scooter Systems 2019-Present dataset A. Filename: bts_NTAD_Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems_DMP_20250609.pdf Short description: A PDF file containing the Data Management Plan that was created for current and future management of the data and associated files. B. Filename: bts_NTAD_Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems_README_20250609.txt Short description: The README.txt file that includes human-readable information about the data, variable definitions, contact information, and other contextual information. The file you are reading now. C. File List for the Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems_NTAD2019_Present.zip collection. Ca. File List for NTADXXXX_GDB_Final_Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems_XXXX_XX_XX.zip collection Cb 1. Filename: NTADXXXX_GDB_Final_Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems_XXXX_XX_XX.gdb.zip (Folder) Short description: Compressed file folders containing the geospatial data for Bikeshare Scooter Systems 2019-Present dataset. File folders are classified by NTAD publication year and data vintage year or date respectively. Geodatabase (GDB) folders contain all the necessary components to view and otherwise interact with their data. Cb 2. Filename: Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems.xml Short description: Extensible Markup Language (XML) files containing key metadata and documentation information such as methodology, procedures, etc. Cb 3. Filename: BSS.xlsx or Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems.xlsx Short description: Excel spreadsheet containing the dataset's data dictionary including attribute field names and definitions for fields and applicable values. ---------------------------------------------------------------- D. METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Data are retrieved from the individual websites and apps for bikeshare (docked and dockless) and e-scooter systems. For docked bikeshare stations, latitude and longitude are from GBFS data, station file published by the system, or where neither GFBS nor a station file available, drawn from Google Maps based on the physical location marked on a map on the system website or on the app for the system. 2. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: File geodatabase data can only be opened with Esri ArcGIS. The documentation files can be opened with any basic text editor. ---------------------------------------------------------------- E. DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bikeshare Scooter Systems data table Due to the size of the data, it is not described in detail here. Review the data dictionary present in the data folders for information on the data table. A. Number of variables (columns): The data dictionary found in Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems.txt or Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems.xlsx provides definitions for the variables B. Data Dictionary/Variable List: Because of the large number of variables, please refer to the Data Dictionary found within the file Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems.txt or Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems.xlsx for names, definitions, and formats of variables. C. Missing data codes: None ---------------------------------------------------------------- F. UPDATE LOG ---------------------------------------------------------------- This bts_Bikeshare_Scooter_Systems_20250609_README.txt file was originally created on 2025-05-28 by Dominic Menegus, Geographer, dominic.menegus@dot.gov [Note changes or update to the readme.txt file, e.g.:] 2025-06-09: Original file created 2025-10-27: DOI added