Divvy biking in the blizzard – breaking down the data

“Insane” is the adjective most people use to describe people who ride bicycles during blizzard conditions (and the author of this post has heard it many times). But if recent data provided to the Sun-Times from Chicago’s bike sharing program Divvy is any indication, Sunday’s storm was no big deal for dozens of city cyclists.

According to Divvy, 139 trips were taken Sunday, ranging in times from a couple of minutes to over a half an hour, most taking place as 19.3 inches of snow fell on city streets.

Here are some totals and a map of stations Divvy riders departed from on Sunday:

10:30(MINUTES:SECONDS)

Average length of trips made Sunday

121(SECONDS)

Shortest trip taken Sunday: Damen & Division to Wood & Division

36(MINUTES)

Longest trip taken Sunday: (Lake and Ashland to Damen and Chicago