Capital Bikeshare’s Bike Angels 2023 End of Year Report

Capital Bikeshare had record ridership numbers in DC in 2023. Riders are using the system for commuting, exercise, and running errands, and the Bike Angels definitely played a huge part.

Here is our (apparently!) annual report on Bike Angel stats. Bike Angels is a program for Capital Bikeshare (CaBi) Riders to help rebalance bikes across the system, by awarding Riders points for certain rides that can be used for prizes and credits for use on future rides.

Also, let’s get as many new protected bike lanes as possible in DC in 2024 and beyond. If you’re a NIMBY opposed to bike lanes, good luck with that, your efforts can best be used for something more productive.

Random DC Bike Angel Stats for 2023

First Time a Rider ever reached 4,000+ points total in a Month = April 2023 (4034 points by AJ885)

First time a Rider ever reached 5,000+ points total in a Month = May 2023 (5030 points by AA853)

Number of Riders with Monthly Wins in 2023 = 6

Monthly Wins Breakdown:

AA853 = 5
JM642 = 2
JB991 = 2
PJ664 = 1
AJ885 = 1
JV812 = 1

Most Monthly Top Five Finishes:

AA853 = 8
JB991 = 6
PJ664 = 5
CR970 = 5
EB238 = 3
JM642 = 3
DC759 = 3

Most Monthly Top 10 Finishes:

JB991 = 11
AA853 = 8
PJ664 = 5
CR970 = 5
EB238 = 5
DC759 = 4
JM642 = 4

Number of times a Rider reached 1000+ points in a Month = 42

Number of different Riders with 1000+ points in a Month = 20

1000+ Points in a Month Breakdown:

AA853 = 7
JB991 = 5
CR970 = 4
PJ664 = 3
DC759 = 3
JM642 = 2
SN120 = 2
AW249 = 2
GS584 = 2
RB250 = 2
AJ885 = 1
TT221 = 1
SK127 = 1
EB238 = 1
RG921 = 1
EL887 = 1
DP387 = 1
JV812 = 1
IG331 = 1
MF848 = 1

Number of times a Rider reached 2000+ points in a month = 10

Number of times a Rider reached 3000+ points in a month = 4

Most combined points by the top five Riders in a single Month = 10,409 points in May 2023

Top 10 Monthly Scores:

5,030 points (AA853)
4,034 (AJ885)
3,300 (AA853)
3,052 (AA853)
2,900 (AA853)
2,762 (CR970)
2,600 (AA853)
2,452 (JB991)
2,365 (SN120)
2,016 (JB991)

Most total points in 2023 by a single Rider*

20,871 points (AA853)
12,507 (JB991)
8,610 (CR970)
8,323 (PJ664)
4,844 (DC759)

* Will not guarantee accuracy, as only the totals of the top 20 Riders are displayed in the Bikehare app. It’s possible someone listed had more points if they finished outside the top 20 in a given month.

Bonus!

Some random All-Time records between May 2021 and December 2023

Number of times Riders finished with 1000+ points in a Month = 67

Most 1000+ point Riders in a Single Month = 6 Riders (July 2022)

Longest Streak – Rider Finishing in Top 5 = 11 Months (May 2021-March 2022) (JB991)

Longest Streak – Rider Finishing in Top 10 = 29 Months (May 2021-September 2023) (JB991)

Longest Streak – Rider Finishing with 1,000+ points = 5 Months (August-December 2023) (AA853)

Best Battle for 1st Place = December 2022 (JB991 w/ 3294 points vs. AA853 w/ 2904 points)

Smallest Gap Between 1st and 2nd Place = 9 pts (August 2021 – JB991 w/ 278 points vs. IG331 w/ 269 points)

Biggest Gap Between 1st and 2nd Place = 3254 pts (May 2023 – AA853 w/ 5030 points vs. PJ664 w/ 1776 points)

All-Time Monthly Wins Breakdown (32 Months):

AA853 = 10
JB991 = 8
SK022 = 3
EL356 = 2
PJ664 = 2
JM642 = 2
SK127 = 1
CH264 = 1
PW558 = 1
AJ885 = 1
JV812 = 1

Most Monthly Top Five Finishes:

JB991 = 21
AA853 = 16
PJ664 = 14
SK127 = 10
CS186 = 10
MF848 = 7
SK022 = 5
CR970 = 5
IG331 = 4
EE376 = 4
EL356 = 4
EB238 = 4
DC759 = 3
JM642 = 3
RB250 = 3

Most Monthly Top 10 Finishes (32 months):

JB991 = 31
PJ664 = 19
CS186 = 17
AA853 = 16
SK127 = 14

Most Times Reaching 1000+ pts in a Month:

AA853 = 13
JB991 = 9
PJ664 = 6
CR970 = 4
DC759 = 3
SK127 = 3

Peace Riders, ride well in 2024!

Editor’s Note: I’ve been participating in Capital Bikeshare’s Bike Angels program since the beginning. Not sure the year it started, but Lyft bought Motivate in 2018 (CaBi’s operator – note that CaBi is owned by DC and six member jurisdictions in Maryland and Virginia), and then the pandemic hit and the program was shut down for over a year. But in May 2021, it was reconstituted with new features and real prizes. I’ve been sharing the monthly winners, along with updates of changes to those features since June 2022.

I don’t work for any place associated with CaBi, this data is based on taking a screenshot of the point totals just before midnight on the last day of each month (when all data is reset and lost to us Riders forever), and dropping it into a spreadsheet.

Capital Bikeshare does not reveal the names of the Riders participating, you only see the Riders’ initials with three digits. I don’t know the Riders listed, nor would I reveal their names if I knew. Let’s have a Bike Angels party and we can all meet our fellow Riders.