Canada Montréal, QC ,
Quebec (Canada). The first widely deployed bicycle-sharing system in Montréal was
BIXI Montréal, launched in 2009. It expanded to 6200 bicycles at 540 stations, making it the largest bicycle-sharing system, alongside the one in Toronto. Although initial program costs were $15 million for planning and implementation of the Bixi project, subsequent expenses incurred in expanding the program have driven costs upwards of $23 million. The system was developed by
PBSC Urban Solutions along with a consortium of vendors. The
BIXI technology was later used in bike sharing systems in North America, Europe and Australia. The Montreal system was ranked by
Time magazine as the 19th best invention of 2008. As of 2024, Bixi has more than 10,000 bikes, 2 600 of which are e-bikes and 900 stations.
Quebec City, QC àVélo launched in 2021 with 100 pedal assist bikes and 10 stations. As of 2023, àVélo has 780 pedal assist bikes and 74 stations.
Hamilton, ON Sobi Hamilton launched in March 2015 with 750 bicycles at over 100 stations. CycleHop renamed the service to VeloGo and replaced the fleet with 'smart' bicycles, where
GPS tracking is built into each bicycle, instead of relying on base stations, as with Bixi system. VeloGo began its service in the summer of 2015.
Toronto, ON From 2001 to 2006, BikeShare, operated by the
Community Bicycle Network (CBN) in Toronto, was for a time the most popular community bicycle-sharing program in North America. BikeShare was intended to overcome some of the theft issues by requiring yearly memberships to sign out any of the 150 refurbished yellow bikes locked up at 16 hubs throughout central Toronto. At its height, over 400 members could sign out a bike from any hub for up to three days. The hubs were located at stores, cafes, and community centres where the staff would volunteer their time to sign bikes out and in. Despite steadily increasing administrative, implementation, and maintenance costs, CBN could only charge users around 20 percent of actual costs, as users were unlikely to spend more than $50 per year for a membership. Without sufficient funds in the form of private and government grants, CBN discontinued BikeShare in 2006.
Bixi Toronto launched in 2011 with 800 bicycles at 80 stations. In 2013, when
Public Bike System Company acknowledged that it could not repay its $3.9 million loan to the city, the system was taken over by the Toronto Parking Authority and renamed
Bike Share Toronto. In 2016, the city of Toronto signed a contract with
PBSC to expand their system. Its network hosts 6,850 bicycles spread among 625 stations.
Vancouver, BC In July 2016,
Vancouver installed a bike sharing system,
Mobi, operated by CycleHop Corp. Mobi launched with 1500 bicycles at 150 stations.
Victoria, BC In September 2017 a dockless bike share became available in the city of
Victoria, starting with 150 bicycles.
Edmonton, AB From 2005 to 2008, a largely unregulated bike sharing program was operated by the Peoples' Pedal organisation in
Edmonton, Alberta. The program suffered from high theft and vandalism rates, with 95% of the bikes that had been placed into service stolen or missing by 2008.
Costa Rica Cartago, east of
San José, Costa Rica, started a bikeshare program in 2017.
Mexico bicycles in
Mexico City.
Mexico City Ecobici is one of the world's largest bicycle-sharing programs, with 452 stations covering a area. In February 2010, the government of Mexico City inaugurated a bicycle-sharing network called
Ecobici. With distinctive red and white liveried bicycles, the network as of February 2015 consists of 444 stations with 6,500 bicycles. With more than 240,000 registered users, it has been argued that Ecobici is the largest bicycle-sharing program in North America. The system is run by the private company Clear Channel México, but funded by the government with an initial investment of 75 million pesos. Users of the system are required to purchase an RFID card at a cost of 400 pesos which provides them with access to the bicycles for one year. Use of a bicycle is free for the first 45 minutes; extra charges are applied for use beyond the time limit.
Guadalajara In December 2014, the government of the State of Jalisco implemented a bicycle-sharing system called MiBici with 86 stations and 860 bicycles. As of August 2021, it has 300 stations with 3,200 bicycles. This system uses the technology and the hardware of
PBSC.
Toluca In November 2015, the Municipality of Toluca inaugurated a bicycle-sharing system called Huitoluzi with 26 stations and 300 bicycles, using PBSC as a provider. It is currently inactive.
Puebla Beginning in January 2017, Puebla was scheduled to have a system called Bici Puebla with 139 stations and 2,100 bicycles. Bici Puebla was no longer in operation as of 2025.
United States In the United States, public bicycle share programs have largely centered around major cities and universities. Some corporate campuses have private systems. According to a report by the
National Association of City Transportation Officials, a total of 35 million bike-share trips took place within the United States in 2017 across 100 bike-share systems across the country, operated by eight companies. Seattle led the way with a dockless bike sharing system in the U.S. in the summer of 2017, and other cities soon joined the ranks. Nine months later, about 44% of rides were dockless. Dallas reportedly had 20,000 bikes on the streets, they were essentially banned in New York City and San Francisco, with Austin, Texas issuing emergency rules for their implementation.
Bikes Belong (Dem/Rep Conventions), 2008 In 2007,
Bikes Belong (now known as PeopleForBikes), an advocacy group financed by major bicycle manufacturers, worked with city officials, local advocates, and the healthcare firm
Humana to bring bike sharing to the Republican and Democratic 2008 conventions. Called "Freewheelin!" the program offered 1,000 bicycles at 12 stations throughout the downtowns of the host cities,
Denver and
Minneapolis/St. Paul, over the five days of each convention. Bikes Belong's stated goal was to provide a proof-of-concept that large-scale bicycle sharing that had gained popularity in European cities could work in U.S. cities and provide a valuable addition to the transportation mix. The program was popular among conventioneers and helped the city of Denver to create a narrative around the "green" attributes of the convention. Both Denver and Minneapolis successfully pursued permanent bike sharing systems, with Denver
B-cycle launching on 22 April 2010 as the first of its scale in the U.S., followed by Minneapolis' NiceRide system launching on 10 June 2010.
Aspen/Basalt, CO The system was launched in 2013 with 16 stations and 200 bikes with provider
PBSC.
Albany, NY In 2017, CDPHP Cycle! launched in Albany and three other Capital region cities. The bikes can be locked to official docks or any other rack for a slightly higher fee. The system is operated by
CDTA. Bikes could be taken anywhere, including Alpharetta's Big Creek Greenway– a 12-foot wide concrete path that stretches eight scenic miles terminating in
Big Creek park. The service was suspended late May 2020 due to a large-scale Zagster shutdown, and all bicycles and stations were removed.
Atlanta, GA In June 2016, Relay Bike Share launched as the bike share system for the City of Atlanta. The program, operated by Cyclehop and Social Bicycles, launched with 100 bicycles at 10 stations throughout the downtown area. The program aimed to offer 500 bicycles across the city by the end of 2016.
Austin, TX In December 2013, Austin B-cycle was launched as the bike share system for the City of Austin with 11 stations. Austin B-cycle set a national bike share record for the most checkouts per bicycle in a single day, 10.1 checkouts per bike, on 14 March 2015 during the
SXSW festival. In July 2020, Capital Metro and the city of Austin finalized a partnership to improve Austin's mobility network utilizing the city-owned BCycle bike share system. This partnership, now called Metrobike, aims to create long-term bike share service improvements such as expanding the BCycle fleet and stations, optimizing the system's first and last-mile transit solution, improving services and reaching communities outside of the downtown core, and fully electrifying BCycle's fleet. As of March 2022, the MetroBike system operated more than 75 bike share stations with 800 bikes in the central Austin area.
Baltimore, MD In May 2014, over 40 bicycles were stolen from
Baltimore Recreation and Parks department's bike-share program. The bikes were stolen during the city's Ride Around Reservoir program in
Druid Hill Park. The bikes were set up to be lent out when a group of youths took them. The cost of replacing the stolen bikes is devastating to the program, which operates completely on donations.
Birmingham, AL Birmingham launched Zyp Bikeshare in October 2015. Annual memberships are $75, with monthly passes for $20, 3-day passes for $12, and daily passes for $6. Zyp also offers discounted annual memberships to individuals who qualify. Zyp operates 400 bikes at 40 kiosks. Bikes can be ridden anywhere in the downtown Birmingham area. Once a bike is unlocked, riders have 45 minutes to ride before incurring additional fees if they have not docked at another station. As well as traditional bikes, Zyp was the first bike share in North America to have electric pedal-assist bikes to help riders cover distances or mount hills faster.
Boston, MA In 2007,
Boston Mayor
Thomas M. Menino and Director of Bicycle Programs, Nicole Freedman, decided to bring bike sharing to the Boston area. The
Metropolitan Area Planning Council, the regional planning agency for the metro-Boston region of 101 cities and towns, joined the effort. Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville also participated. On 28 July 2011, Boston launched its 60-station, 600-bike Hubway system, sponsored by the shoe manufacturer
New Balance and funded in part by a $3 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration. The contract to operate was awarded to
Alta Bicycle Share and the equipment provider was
PBSC Urban Solutions. Bicycle sharing was greeted with a mix of excitement and skepticism. In its first two and a half months, Hubway recorded 100,000 station-to-station rides. After recording 140,000 trips in four months, Boston's European-style bicycle-sharing system expanded outside city limits, planting stations across
Cambridge,
Somerville, and
Brookline. In the spring of 2018 Motivate the operator of the system changed sponsors from Hubway to the
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and officially changed the name of the bike share program to Bluebikes Boston. As of December 2018, the system had deployed 262 stations with a fleet of over 2,500 bikes.
Boulder, CO station with double sided docks. The system was launched in April 2010. In May 2011,
Boulder, Colorado launched a bicycle-sharing system, Boulder B-Cycle, with 100 bicycles and 15 stations. Like many in northern latitude cities, this system closes down during winter months to help preserve the life of the equipment.
Broward County, FL Broward B-Cycle launched in December 2011 as the country's first county-wide bike share program, with 200 bikes and 20 stations located in several cities within
Broward County, including
Fort Lauderdale. This system was funded through a public-private partnership with the
Florida Department of Transportation providing a $311,000 grant through Broward County, and
B-Cycle's sponsors providing the remainder of the initial capital and operating costs.
Buffalo, NY Reddy Bikeshare launched in 2016 with 200 bicycles at 35 stations around the city.
Charleston, SC In August 2013, the
College of Charleston's Office of Sustainability began a bike sharing program. This program's 16 bicycles are free to use for all full-time students, faculty, and staff members.
Charlotte, NC A system of
B-Cycle stands is installed downtown and in a few places nearby.
Chattanooga, TN In July 2012, the Bike Chattanooga Bicycle Transit System launched in
Chattanooga, Tennessee with 300 bikes and 28 solar-powered stations by
PBSC. It was the first large scale bicycle transit system in the Southeast. The system has expanded to 33 stations and had recorded over 78,000 trips by its second anniversary.
Chicago, IL is the bike sharing program for
Chicago and the largest in North America. On 28 June 2013, Chicago launched
Divvy, a bike share system with 750 bikes at 75 stations. As of September 2021, the system operates 16,500 bikes at over 800 stations, using both
PBSC's hardware and software.
Cincinnati, OH In September 2014, Cincinnati
Red Bike started operation. It opened with 35 docking stations downtown, Over the Rhine, the University of Cincinnati's main campus, and surrounding areas. In 2023 Red Bike has expanded to 66 stations with over 600 bikes and has a ridership of 100,000+ per year.
Cleveland, OH On 21 September 2016, Cleveland launched its UH Bike system, with 250 bicycles and 22 stations distributed around the city.
Columbia, SC In September 2018, Columbia launched BlueBikeSC with BlueCross BlueShield SC being the chief sponsor. In March 2019, the regions transit authority,
The Comet (transit) expanded the bike share system adding 10 stations to the system with a $250,000 grant from the federal transit authority.
Columbus, OH On 30 July 2013,
CoGo Bike Share started in
Columbus, Ohio. It opened with 300 bikes and 30 docking stations in downtown and surrounding areas, all provided by
PBSC and operated by Motivate. In the summer of 2015,
Zagster launched a 115-bicycle, 15-station system on the
Ohio State University campus. The university decided not to integrate with the city's CoGo system. The Ohio State University announced plans to integrate electric assist bicycles as part of its bicycle share program launching in 2015. The Zagster program at Ohio State University shut down in August 2018.
Denver, CO On 22 April 2010, Denver became the first U.S. city with a large-scale smart-technology-enabled bicycle-sharing system with the launch of Denver
B-cycle. The system launched with 45 stations and 450 bicycles throughout downtown, downtown-adjacent neighborhoods, and on higher-education campuses. Denver B-cycle's roots came from the "Freewheelin" bike sharing program which operated for 6 days during the 2008 DNC convention in Denver. In Denver, several B-cycle rental stations are located at
RTD Light Rail Platforms. The Denver B-cycle program varies in cost depending on use. Fees range from $8 per day to $80 per year. Denver's B-cycle needed months to reach 100,000 station-to-station rides.
Des Moines, IA B-Cycle has partnered with the Des Moines Bicycle Collective, operating bike-sharing stations throughout the downtown core, East Village, Ingersoll, Sherman Hill, and Drake University neighborhoods. The system is in operation from 1 March - 30 November each year.
Detroit, MI MoGo, a nonprofit affiliate of the Downtown Detroit Partnership, launched
MoGo Bike Share in the Greater Downtown area with 430 bicycles across 43 stations on 23 May 2017.
Eugene, OR PeaceHealth Rides is administered by JUMP Bikes (formerly Social Bicycles, and now owned by Uber) and is a partnership of the City of Eugene, Lane Transit District, and the University of Oregon. The system launched in downtown Eugene, the Whiteaker neighborhood, and the area around the University of Oregon with 300 bicycles across 36 stations in April 2018. PeaceHealth, a not-for-profit Catholic health system with 10 hospitals in three states including one hospital in Eugene, is the sponsor.
Fargo, ND In March 2015, bicycle advocacy nonprofit Great Rides Fargo launched Great Rides Bike Share, a system with 101 bicycles at 11 stations. The system was launched in partnership with North Dakota State University, where students are enrolled at no additional cost. It was the first system to include integrated card access for enrolled students.
Fort Wayne, IN In April 2016, The city of
Fort Wayne announced a small system in its downtown area.
Fort Worth, TX On 22 April 2013, Fort Worth Bike Sharing, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, launched a B-cycle system consisting of 300 bikes and 30 stations serving Downtown, Near Southside, and Cultural District in Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Worth B-cycle is included in a program called "B-connected" which allows members of over 15 participating
B-cycle cities to use their annual memberships for free in other cities.
Greenville, NC The City of
Greenville and nearby
Farmville launched the bike share system LimeBike in early 2018. It serves citizens as well as students of
East Carolina University.
Harrisburg, PA The City of
Harrisburg launched the Harrisburg Bike Share in late 2017 with 55 bikes through Zagster. 93% of the proceeds benefitted a state nonprofit to prevent
school dropouts. In June 2020 the bike share program was shut down when Zagster ceased operations across the country. It was replaced by
SusqueCycle, which launched in Fall 2022.
Honolulu, HI The City and County of Honolulu passed Bikeshare Resolution 14–35 on 14 March 2014. Bikeshare Hawaii, a local non-profit, operating as "Biki", started in June 2017 with about 100 stations and 1000 bicycles. During the first partial year, NACTO ranked Biki as the 8th most-ridden bike share service in the US. Biki reached 1 million rides after about 16 months of service. A 30% service expansion was undertaken in December 2018. The current service area extends from Iwilei to Waikiki / Diamond Head and mauka of H-I highway with about 1300 pedal bikes and over 130 stations. Biki had its first >100,000 ride month in October 2018 and had over 1 million rides during 2018. NACTO ranked Biki as the 6th most-ridden bike share service in the US for 2018. Biki chose PBSC's FIT model bicycle for its accessibility (lower weight and lower center of gravity), and as such has a much higher ratio of women riders (44%) than most US systems. Additionally, there is currently an independent small pilot program in Kailua (Hawai`i County) with three stations also utilizing PBSC equipment. This program received an additional small expansion grant in 2018.
Indianapolis, IN On 22 April 2014,
Indianapolis launched a public bike-share program called
Indiana Pacers Bikeshare with 25 stations and 250 bikes. On 5 September 2019, the program expanded to include 21 more stations and 275 more bikes, bringing the program total to 525 bicycles and 50 stations.
Jersey City, NJ On 21 September 2015, the
Citi Bike system that started in
New York City in 2013 expanded across the Hudson River to
Jersey City, New Jersey with 35 stations and 350 bikes. Even though Citi Bike Jersey City is independent of Citi Bike New York, one membership works for both systems. The system experienced its first wave of expansion in July 2016 with 15 new stations and 150 additional bikes. The system currently boasts 50 stations with 500 bicycles throughout Jersey City.
Kansas City, MO In 2012,
Kansas City, Missouri launched Kansas City B-cycle in partnership with
Blue Cross Blue Shield. The system currently has 30 stations and over 200 bicycles reaching downtown, Union Hill, Westport, Plaza and as of Summer 2015, Brookside Trolley Trail. North Kansas City will be adding 3 more stations in spring 2017 as well as several more coming to Midtown KCMO.
La Crosse, WI On 20 April 2021, Drift Cycle was launched with 40 bikes at 8 stations in
downtown La Crosse. In 2022, the system was expanded and improved with new bikes, a new app and two new stations at the
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and
Gundersen Health System. With the relaunch on 21 April 2022, there are ten stations and 50 bikes.
Los Angeles, CA On 7 July 2016,
Los Angeles County launched
Metro Bike Share, a 1,400-bike system with equipment by B-Cycle, operated by
Bicycle Transit Systems. It was the first North American system to be both branded as part of the public transit agency and accessible using the regional
TAP card, though at the time of launch users were required to maintain separate accounts for each transit mode and pay separate fares.
Lincoln, NE On 20 April 2018, BikeLNK was launched and as of 2019, is made up of 105 bicycles and 20 stations. The program has recorded over 70,000 trips in 18 months of usage. The program is now only available seasonally, from spring (when all snow has melted) to 30 November.
Manhattan, KS In 2015, the Green Apple Bikes bike-share system started in
Manhattan, Kansas that makes single-speed cruisers available free for 4-hour periods. The program is funded by a consortium of businesses, and bicycles are maintained by volunteers.
Memphis, TN On 23 May 2018,
Explore Bike Share launched in
Memphis, TN, and
West Memphis, AR. The system was launched with 60 stations and 600 bicycles serving portions of West Memphis,
Downtown Memphis,
Uptown Memphis,
Midtown Memphis,
South Memphis, and
Orange Mound, with a plan to add another 30 stations and 300 bicycles in 2019. The system uses
B-Cycle equipment.
Miami and Miami Beach, FL In March 2011,
DecoBike launched in
Miami Beach, Florida. The initial rollout of the program included "approximately 100 solar-powered stations and 1,000 custom-designed bikes available to residents and visitors."
Milwaukee, WI In August 2014, the City of Milwaukee in partnership with a local non-profit organization, Midwest Bike Share, launched Bublr Bikes with 10 stations in downtown Milwaukee. The system grew to 17 stations by Fall 2015, and now there are 50 stations in the City of Milwaukee plus another 7 stations in the adjacent suburb of Wauwatosa (as of December 2016). Planning for additional stations within the City of Milwaukee is underway. Additionally, the adjacent communities of Shorewood and West Allis are expected to add around 7 stations each to the system in 2017. In May 2019 a project to add an additional 26 stations to the existing 87 was announced, with plans to have the additional stations online by summer 2020.
Minneapolis, MN In June 2010,
Minneapolis initiated
Nice Ride, one of the first examples of a large-scale municipal bike sharing program in the United States. Phase 1 included 700 bikes and 65 stations throughout Minneapolis Due to popularity, the system was aggressively expanded into neighboring
Saint Paul in 2011. As of 29 April 2012, Nice Ride had recorded a total of 330,000 trips, and a systemwide total of 1,330 bikes at 146 stations. The system is provided by
PBSC. Minneapolis,
Nice Ride needed six months to reach 100,000 station-to-station rides.
New York City, NY opened in
New York City in May 2013. On
Memorial Day, 27 May 2013,
New York City started its privately funded
Citi Bike program. It was the nation's largest when it began operation, but Washington, D.C.'s system has grown faster. It began with 6,000 bikes at 330 docking stations in
Manhattan and parts of
Brooklyn. According to the city vision
OneNYC the city wants to expand it to 12,000 bikes and 750 docking stations in Manhattan, all of Brooklyn and
Queens. By 29 May, on its third day of operation, the program had 21,300 individuals signed on as annual members. Citi Bike is the largest bike sharing program in the United States. In August 2015, Citi Bike once again became the largest system in the United States with 400 stations.
Jump Bikes, a dockless
electric bicycle-sharing system launched in the city in September 2017.
Oklahoma City, OK On 18 May 2012, the
City of Oklahoma City launched its bike share program known as Spokies. On 1 August 2014, Spokies became part of
EMBARK, Oklahoma City's transit agency. The system has eight docking stations and 145 bikes throughout
downtown Oklahoma City.
Philadelphia, PA system in Philadelphia. On 23 April 2015, the
City of Philadelphia launched its privately funded
Indego bike share program with 60 docking stations and 600 bikes, located in Center City, South Philadelphia, Northern Liberties, and University City. It uses equipment by
B-Cycle and is operated by
Bicycle Transit Systems with a naming sponsorship from locally based health insurer Independence.
Phoenix, AZ On 25 November 2014,
Phoenix launched Grid Bike Share with 100 bikes at 27 stations. It has since expanded to nearly 500 bikes at 48 stations and has plans to add another 200 bikes and 20 stations.
Mesa, AZ, joined the system in March 2016, with 100 bikes at 14 stations, with plans to add another 200 bikes and 10–14 stations.
Tempe, AZ, intends to join the three-city system in early 2017 with 300 bikes at 31 stations. In early December 2020, GRID announced the closure of the Bike Share program on 31 December 2020
Pittsburgh, PA On 31 May 2015
Pittsburgh, during an Open Streets day, launched its
Healthy Ride bike share program with
nextbike hardware. The system launched with 50 docking stations and 500 bikes located in
Downtown Pittsburgh,
South Side Flats,
North Shore,
Strip District,
Lawrenceville,
Oakland,
Bloomfield, and
Shadyside. By 2022, there were 106 stations.
Healthy Ride was retired in 2022, and replaced with POGOH, using stations and bikes from
PBSC. It launched with 38 stations and 350 bikes, split between mechanical and e-bikes. In 2023, they expanded to 60 stations and 600 bikes.
Portland, ME First introduced in 2022 and operated by Tandem Mobility,
Portland, Maine's bike share system has a combined 200 conventional and e-bikes at 40+ stations.
Portland, OR One of the first community bicycle projects in the United States was started in
Portland, Oregon in 1994 by civic and environmental activists Tom O'Keefe, Joe Keating, and Steve Gunther. It took the approach of simply releasing a number of bicycles to the streets for unrestricted use. While Portland's
Yellow Bike Project was successful in terms of publicity, it proved unsustainable due to theft and vandalism of the bicycles. The
Yellow Bike Project was eventually terminated, and replaced with the
Create A Commuter (CAC) program, which provides free secondhand bicycles to certain preselected low-income and disadvantaged people who need a bicycle to get to work or attend job training courses. On 19 July 2016
Portland launched
Biketown, a system with 1,000 GPS-enabled smart bikes sold by
Social Bicycles and operated by
Motivate with a $10 million, five-year naming sponsorship by
Nike. It was the continent's largest smart-bike system at the time of launch. The 100 stations covered 8.1 square miles but were concentrated most densely in downtown Portland and the Pearl and Northwest Districts. Funding came entirely from a $2 million allocation of federal dollars approved by the
Metro regional government, from Nike, and from ongoing user fees and smaller sponsorships.
Salem, MA In 2011, the city of
Salem, Massachusetts launched a bike share program called Salem Spins, offering the use of bicycles free of charge, for use around the city. The seasonal program was financed in part with a $25,000 grant for a fleet of 20 bicycles. The program was offered from April to October until June 2020, when the city's private bike share partner
Zagster shut down.
Salt Lake City, UT On 8 April 2013, Salt Lake City launched GREENbike as the region's Bike Share brand. The program launched in downtown Salt Lake City with 10 stations and added two new stations less than four months later. The program will be expanding to 20 stations by 2014 with the goal of 100 stations in downtown Salt Lake City. Satellite GREENbike systems in cities such as Ogden are in the works and will be connected by the state transit authority's Frontrunner light rail train.
San Diego, CA Though the City of
San Diego signed a 10-year contract with Discover (formerly DECO) Bike in 2013, a docked bike-share, in January 2018 the city attorney
Mara Elliot opined that the city's contract did not preclude other companies from operating within city limits, as long as there were "no city support or participation, other than legally required reviews and approvals."
Ofo and
LimeBike began operating on 15 February 2018. As of March 2018, Ofo, LimeBike, and
Mobike offered dockless bike rentals within the city. LimeBike and Bird offer electric scooters, and LimeBike offered electric pedal-assist bikes as well. However, there have been some concerns in high-pedestrian corridors. Due to a breach of contract (according to the city of San Diego), the City of San Diego withdrew the operations permit for the Discover Bike in March 2019 and thus ended docked bike share service in the city.
San Francisco / Bay Area, CA system began operating in the
San Francisco Bay Area in August 2013. In August 2013 the
Bay Area Bike Share system began operating in the
San Francisco Bay Area of California. The system allocated half of its 700 bicycle fleet in San Francisco, and the rest along the
Caltrain corridor in
Redwood City,
Palo Alto,
Mountain View and
San Jose. In 2015, it was announced that the scheme would expand to 7,000 bikes, over 2016–2017, and would include the East Bay Area communities of
Berkeley,
Emeryville, and
Oakland.
Seattle, WA On 13 October 2014,
Pronto Cycle Share launched with 500 bicycles and 50 stations. Pronto uses Motivate of New York City as the operator. In January 2017, Seattle's mayor announced the system would be permanently shut down at the end of March 2017 due to funding shortfalls. Dockless systems by
LimeBike and
Spin were introduced in July 2017 as their first large-city systems in the US.
Stony Brook, NY In April 2013,
Stony Brook University launched the Wolf Ride Bike Share system with four stations and 48 bicycles. As of November 2015, the system consisted of 12 stations and 78 bicycles.
Topeka, KS On 15 April 2015, Topeka Metro Bikes launched with 100 smart bikes and 10 stations. An additional 100 bikes were added to the system in April 2016. The program shut down in July 2020, and all 300 bikes were subsequently sold at auction. A local non-profit purchased the bikes, modified them to remove the electronics, and gave them to members of the community on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tucson, AZ In 1996, a pilot bicycle share project known as the Orange Bike Project was organised in
Tucson, Arizona by Bootstraps to Share, a homeless advocacy organisation inspired by the
Bikes Not Bombs movement. Using funds from a government grant to obtain, recondition, and maintain 30 bicycles, project organisers announced plans to station the bicycles in downtown Tucson and areas adjacent to the
University of Arizona. A total of 80 bicycles were eventually used in the Orange Bike Project, all of which were either stolen or vandalised beyond repair.
Washington, D.C., northern Virginia and suburban Maryland In Washington, D.C., the privately operated bike-sharing project
SmartBike DC opened for service in 2008 in the
District of Columbia with 10 stations and 120 bikes. Operated by the advertising firm
Clear Channel Outdoor, the system was funded by advertising revenues from bus shelters on public streets, along with revenues from user membership and usage fees. The program suffered from perennially low membership and rider usage rates, as well as a limited number of bike rental stations. It was officially terminated in January 2011. was launched in Washington, D.C. and
Arlington County, Virginia in 2010. On 20 September 2010,
Arlington County, Virginia and the
District of Columbia launched the U.S.'s first
public-private partnership bike share system,
Capital Bikeshare (CaBi), which replaced SmartBike DC. Unlike SmartBike, CaBi is a public taxpayer-supported (local government and federal funds) bicycle-sharing program. The initial scheme involved some 1,100 bicycles at 100 stations located throughout the District of Columbia and parts of Arlington County, Virginia. The cost of planning, implementation, and administration for Capital Bikeshare totaled US$5.0 million, with first-year operating costs of US$2.3 million for 100 stations. CaBi was operated by Alta Bicycle Share (now Motivate International) with equipment from
Montreal-based
PBSC Urban Solutions. Capital Bike Share was the largest bike sharing system in the United States until May 2013. As of 2017,
Washington, D.C. had four dockless bike-share systems.
Wauwatosa, WI In June 2017, the city of
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin partnered with
Zagster to incorporate an adaptive bike-share station into their existing
Bublr network. It was thought to be the first adaptive bike-share station in Wisconsin, and the dual partnership is thought to be the first of its kind in the United States.
California In California, many cities have launched or have stated plans to launch their own bike-sharing programs, including the cities of Anaheim (as of 2012, 10 bikes and 1 station, with plans for 100 bikes and 10 stations), Los Angeles (as of 2012, plans for 4000 bikes at 400 stations), Santa Monica (as of 2012, plans for 250 bikes at 25 locations), and San Diego. The
San Francisco Bay Area's
Bay Area Air Quality Management District, in partnership with Alta Bike Share, city governments, and transportation authorities, announced plans for a pilot regional sharing program in 2013 for the
San Francisco Peninsula and
San Jose. In the fall of 2009, the
University of California, Irvine introduced its Zotwheels automated bike share program. Students and university employees may sign up for a Zotwheels membership card at an annual cost of $40, which enables the user to check out a bike from any bike station located throughout campus for a maximum of three hours and drop it off at any other station. A $200 charge is imposed for a lost, stolen, or severely damaged bike. Bicycle availability and station operational status may be determined using an interactive map. Revenues from membership fees are sufficient to offset only a small fraction of the total operating costs of the program; all remaining manufacture, installation, maintenance, and implementation costs of the Zotwheels systems and the bicycles themselves are borne by UCI. Zotwheels was developed as a collaboration between the UCI Parking and Transportation Services,
The Collegiate Bicycle Company, CSL Ltd, and Miles Data Technologies. In January 2018, e-bike provider
Jump Bikes launched in San Francisco, becoming the first dockless bicycle-sharing system to launch in the city.
ofo offers a partnership program with universities to provide sustainable campus transportation. On 21 February 2018, ofo and
Pomona College in
Claremont, California launched the first college pilot program in California. ==South America==