Essay: Optimal Bike Station Placement in Singapore: Factors and Data Considerations

Bike sharing companies like SG Bike and Anywheel operate in Singapore. Bikes need to be deployed and parked at the designated parking stations. Land Transportation Authority (LTA) needs to decide the locations of the parking stations and plans to use Factor Rating Method to evaluate the candidates of parking stations. Propose three (3) most important factors for the decision on the location of parking stations. Elaborate the type of data can be used to evaluate these factors and how LTA should plan to collect the data