Anna Sokołowska
Station Network Planning
Who decides where your bike will stand?
Anna has been dealing with the Cryptoreporter map since 2018. She checks which streets in Łódź you most often get stuck in traffic on. If a blockage forms at the marshals' intersection in the morning, Anna looks for space for 14 additional racks in the area. She doesn't use complicated theories. She just takes data from the last 7 months and looks where people most often leave bikes. Thanks to her, your bike is ready in a minute exactly where you actually need it.
Working in the center of Łódź means constant challenges. Sidewalks can be narrow, and every station must fit the surroundings. Anna spends half the week in the field, measuring space at tenement houses. Thanks to her persistence, we now have 47 active points, and the average walking time to the nearest bike in Downtown dropped to 3.2 minutes. A city card is enough to start from any of these places without unnecessary waiting.
- Found space for 9 new stations at office buildings in 2023.
- Shortened free rack search time by 18% through better machine rotation.
- Personally supervised the installation of 156 new electronic locks in Retkinia.
Anna made sure our system was fully synced with the Łódź Migawka card. It was her ambition that anyone with a monthly ticket could just tap the card and ride off toward Manufaktura. It wasn't simple technically, but after 4 months of testing, everything started. Today 31% of our users use exactly this option because it's simply faster.
Honestly, Anna is the most concrete person in our office. If she claims the Kościuszki station needs 22 stands instead of 12, she is usually right. These bikes rarely stand idle there for more than 14 minutes. (Maybe because she commutes to work herself on an old, squeaky folding bike, because she says it's the best way to check the quality of Łódź curbs).
Her plan for the next quarter is clear: skip the traffic on Piotrkowska thanks to 4 new points at side streets. If you have a specific idea where a rack is missing, write to her. She reads every message from customers, unless she is running around the city with a tape measure. Pay and ride – Anna makes sure you always have a place to start.