allbikes

allbikes API

allbikes is an API that provides live station information for Bixi-built Bike Share programs around the world.

Stations currently supported and their respective API reference codes (city code).

Bike Share	City	city_id
Aspen WE-cycle	Aspen, CO	ASE
Barclay's Cycle Hire	London, UK	LHR
Bay Area Bike Share	San Francisco, CA	SFO
Bike Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	CHA
Capital Bike Share	Washington, D.C.	DCA
Citi Bike	New York City, NY	JFK
CoGo	Columbus, OH	CMH
Divvy	Chicago, IL	ORD
Hubway	Boston, MA	BOS
Melbourne Bike Share	Melbourne, Vic	MEL
Montreal Bixi	Montreal, QC	YUL
Nice Ride	Minneapolis, MN	MSP
Ottawa Bixi	Ottawa, Ont	YOW
Toronto Bixi	Toronto, Ont	YYZ

goal

While every Bike Share program has a live JSON or XML feed, the data is presented differently thus making a universal bike share app difficult to create. This project aims to provide a easy-to-use solution for all bike-share data queries from around the world.

implemented

all stations

/bikeshare/stations

Example: http://www.sjanderson.org/bikeshare/stations

Returns a JSON array of all stations around the world.

stations from a city

/bikeshare/city/:city_id

Example: http://www.sjanderson.org/bikeshare/city/SFO

Returns a JSON array of stations from a city. Reference the table above for city_ids, I used airport codes.

all stations sorted from closest to farthest

/bikeshare/stations/:lat/:long/

Example: http://www.sjanderson.org/bikeshare/stations/37.42/-122.13

Returns a JSON array of all stations sorted by closest to farthest.

stations from a city sorted from closest to farthest

/bikeshare/city/:city/:lat/:long/

Returns a JSON array of stations from a city sorted by closest to farthest.

Example: http://www.sjanderson.org/bikeshare/city/SFO/37.42/-122.13

contact

Twitter: @SJAndersonLA