Posts by Mark Sussman — Contributor

Mark Sussman is a DC resident and street safety advocate who has been a utility bicyclist in DC for over 15 years. When he’s not traversing the Washington region in search of the area’s best disc golf course (DC proper has zero!), you can find him on Capitol Hill where he lives with his wife Laurie and daughter Hannah.

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  Where have all the dockless bicycles gone? Data from DC’s pilot is revealing.

  BicyclingBy Mark Sussman (Contributor) October 5, 2018 24

  Last month, the DDOT dockless vehicle-share pilot hit its one-year anniversary, and the participants look vastly different than they did this time last year. In 2017, all dockless providers operated using only pedal (Lime, Mobike, Ofo, and Spin) or electric-assist (Jump) bicycles. Currently, the pilot is almost all electric bikes and scooters.  Keep reading…

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  Five graphs that show how dockless bikeshare and CaBi work in DC

  BicyclingBy Mark Sussman (Contributor) September 5, 2018 4

  Over the past year, five dockless bikeshare companies have launched in DC. Four of them are either gone or are pivoting to scooters. But while they were here, how did their operations impact and compare with Capital Bikeshare's? I led a team at Georgetown University that investigated this question.  Keep reading…