Could anyone find in all that nerdish verbiage any information about how the CitiBike users made these trips before the advent of CitiBike? In other words what modes of transportation were used previously by the CitiBikers. I doubt if many people were previously making these short trips in NYC by their own privately owned car, given the expense and/or availability of convenient parking. More than likely CitiBike has replaced the use of some percentage of public transit/Taxis/walking/privately owned bicycles.