About
Bixi Wiki

Who is Bixi?

Before we introduce ourselves, let's find out who Bixi is. According to their official website:

"BIXI Montréal is a non-profit organization created in 2014 by the city of Montreal to manage its bike-sharing system. Much more than just a simple mode of transport, BIXI is now a great way to zip around the city whenever you want to go wherever your heart desires."

The Bixi Wiki Project

Our mission is to supply a platform that aims to provide access to some data about Bixi. This can range from real-time data consultation (in the form of interactive maps, or dashboards), to animated maps that track different data. BixiWiki is meant to be a serious platform that can serve as a reliable source of information.

We aim to present this data in an accessible and entertaining way.

Data source

We rely on different data sources to provide various information. Concerning the real time data, or the station statistics, the information mostly comes from the open data, made available by Bixi. Concerning the Bixi Facts, it results from different sources related to Bixi (Wikipedia, FAQ, LinkedIn, official website, social medias, ...).

Our platform is independent, it was not commissioned by Bixi Montreal.

Our team

The team that develops the BixiWiki project is composed of 2 people.

For any questions, requests, or suggestions, you can contact us at contact@bixi.wiki

How Bixi Wiki calculates the score of a station ? Understand the details of our criteria

In our map of Bixi stations in Montreal , we associate a score between 0 and 100 to each station in the network (where 100 is the best). This score results from several criteria, which are weighted differently. The value of the main criteria can be seen in more detail on the page of each station. Here is a more complete explanation of some of our criteria:

Capacity: represents the number of docks in the station. 100 points indicate that the station has a large capacity.

Empty: represents the proportion of time where the station is empty. 100 points indicate that the station is rarely empty.

Almost empty: represents the proportion of time where the station is almost empty. 100 points indicate that the station is rarely almost empty.

Full / Almost full: Same principle as for the two previous criteria, but for full or almost full stations.

Damaged: represents the average number of damaged bikes at the station. 100 points indicates that damaged bikes are quite rare.

Electric Bikes: represents the average number of electric bikes. 100 points indicates that the station generally has enough e-bikes.

Availability: represents the average filling of the station. 100 points indicate that the station is well balanced, neither too full nor too empty.