Shared Micromobility

🏖️ Whoosh (RU) is bringing shared 🛴 back to Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro through Whoosh Brasil. JET (KZ) is also getting ready to launch there. https://lnkd.in/dAd7wTvD 🚀 New #bikeshare contracts in small French cities: Fifteen - Augmented Bike Networks to operate x100 in Communauté d’Agglomération du Grand Sénonais et Ville de Sens, and Ecovelo, le vélo électrique en libre service to operate x55 in Grand Auch développement & économie. https://lnkd.in/dYq_XgwA https://lnkd.in/dKj8mcP6 📈 In NYC, Citi Bike by Lyft Urban Solutions (formerly PBSC + Lyft Bikes & Scooters) will grow again in additional areas of Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. https://lnkd.in/d62nXCcQ 🧀 BAQME cargobikes are now available in 12 locations in Gemeente Gouda. https://lnkd.in/devjWJBA 🅿️ Bonn, DE, is the latest city to implement mandatory parking zones for shared scooters. https://lnkd.in/dxuz7hys

📈 Great to read about Musalav Alibekov's success story with JET, leading 🛴 operator in Central Asia, Caucasus... and Brazil with ~35,000 vehicles. Thanks Prabin Joel Jones! https://lnkd.in/djVWhRAJ ♻️ Segway Commercial unveiled its latest LCA for the D110 scooter. It shows that 96% of the total emissions come from raw material, while it uses 41% of recycled metal and 50% of recycled plastic. https://lnkd.in/dDKkEwDE 🌲 In London, Forest #ebikes are now available in Bird's app. A big plus to attract foreign tourists! https://lnkd.in/dDrH-CGB 🎰 Scooter sharing operators gathers to fight #Bremen decision to award the future licences thanks to... a lottery. https://lnkd.in/diRyVGXH 🤔 In Poland, the city os Torun is in the middle of its #bikeshare tender. ROOVEE S.A., Nextbike Polska S.A. and Bike U are in the race. https://lnkd.in/dCfdbgZN ⚠️ City of Amsterdam will start to impose fines in BAQME as the shared cargobike operator fails to offer enough vehicles. https://lnkd.in/dXgMu95t 📈 5 cities around Ville de Toulouse have already sign in to get shared bikes. More might join. https://lnkd.in/dh3nV9X3 🚀 Taiwan's famous #bikeshare service YouBike Co., Ltd 微笑單車 launched in TAITUNG COUNTY GOVERNMENT with 140 bikes, with goal to reach 1120 bikes. One more step to create a nationwide service. https://lnkd.in/dHVbkPuV 🏆 Ayuntamiento de Sevilla. has awarded the 2 ebike licences to Lime (who remains) and Bolt (taking over RideMovi). https://lnkd.in/dVgmRsP5

👋 Voi Technology's licence to operate 🛴 in Ville de Bruxelles - Stad Brussel has been canceled by the court. Bolt and Dott should remain the unique operators there. https://lnkd.in/dXGQmyxZ 🚲 A regular students' night ride from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng, Henan, largely using Meituan and Hellobike bikes and named "the great migration of shared bikes" in local media is causing troubles as it now gathers tens of thousands participants! https://lnkd.in/d3h9db9G 🚀 City of Fort Worth will relaunch with a new system in January 2025. Trinity Metro will operate with +90% of #ebikes. https://lnkd.in/dMQZ5VYz ➕ City of North Vancouver has extended Lime's ebike licence for an additional 6 months. https://lnkd.in/dNHUsdXe

💡 Urban Sharing and Pashley Cycles collaborate with real estate developer Berkeley Group Plc to offer #bikeshare with real estate projects, an alternative to city-wide services. https://lnkd.in/exG3m5Jw ⚡ #ebikes will be available in Métropole de Lyon's #Velov service from January 29th. https://lnkd.in/dxV3xpzU 🥇 Lime is ranked #1 in shared #micromobility apps ratings, according to OTD's Prabin Joel Jones. https://lnkd.in/dYCAkNXr 📈 Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence will more than double its #bikeshare fleet in 2025. + 2600 🚲 , + 130⛽ for a total network of 🚲x4600/⛽x330. Rental conditions will evolve to increase bike availability. https://lnkd.in/dRT2U8bs 🛴 The Scottish scooter sharing market could finally open, as the The Scottish Government is in talks with the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom to take part in the trials. https://lnkd.in/d_qDMqJu 🅿️ Transport for London will soon implement mandatory parking zones to host the 40,000 shared #ebikes and answer pavement conflicts. https://lnkd.in/dcFmhsJb 👋 Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée decided not to launch a #bikeshare service, after pony failed to launch in time. https://lnkd.in/dCpYPXjY

🔄 Bolt will take over Poppy Mobility from March 2025 to provide shared 🛴 to Stad Antwerpen. https://lnkd.in/d_yaAaUj ⛑️ Helmets will become mandatory for 🛴 riders in Barcelona City Council. Maybe a final stop to the adoption of shared scooters in the city. https://lnkd.in/d8P5JHSc 📈 Oslo kommune chose to double the size of its shared 🛴 fleet. But all of the extra vehicles must be operated outside of the ring 2, in order to provide city centre clustering. https://lnkd.in/djKZJK6p 💁♀️ Bird is offering half of today's revenue in Bordeaux Métropole to Maison des Femmes to support the Day Against Gender Violence. https://lnkd.in/dw5Ng3pw 💥 Lyft Urban Solutions (formerly PBSC + Lyft Bikes & Scooters)'s Capital Bikeshare breaks its ridership record... in October. With 725000 rides. https://lnkd.in/dUYisBff 🔄 Bird will take over Lyft Urban Solutions (formerly PBSC + Lyft Bikes & Scooters) to operate City and County of Denver's dockless 🚲 &🛴 . Lyft recently chose to focus on docked services. https://lnkd.in/d_6AWvne 🧐 Câmara Municipal de Faro released its RFP to award shared mobility licences. 3 licences for 🚲x100 each, and 3 for 🛴x350 each, 2-years contract. https://lnkd.in/dPF6FCma

👩⚖️ Forest is under investigation from the Advertising Standards Authority over its "10 min free daily" claims. Riders still have to pay the unlock and service fees. https://lnkd.in/dsZgFYdn ⏰ The expansion of Vélib' Métropole to Ville de Créteil is once again delayed. 240 bikes will be available across 16 stations. https://lnkd.in/d9_gSUbf 🌡 Differents atmospheres in Tours Métropole Val de Loire: cold for pony who struggles to deliver its 🚲 fleet in time; warm for Mayn Drive who should expand its docked 🛴 service. https://lnkd.in/d7Uf_bki https://lnkd.in/dkwyD2cT

🚀 Some important launches and expansions: - Dott adds 500 ebikes to its scooter fleet in Comune di Torino - https://lnkd.in/dynj6H8P - JCDecaux adds 300 bikes to the #Valenbisi network - https://lnkd.in/dTemB773 - Drop Mobility launches in County of Marin and Sonoma with 300 ebikes - https://lnkd.in/d_TJ5v4b 1️⃣5️⃣ Fifteen - Augmented Bike Networks will be the new #bikeshare solution of Agglomération du Grand Annecy and Caen la mer. The second will be operated by Vélogik. https://lnkd.in/dkW_9Rpv - https://lnkd.in/dMuQF8A3 🎥 Impressive video from the busiest BKT bici pública's #bikeshare station in Mexico city. Intensive rebalancing, user education... and it works. https://lnkd.in/dQk6aQdC 👋 After Auckland, Brisbane or Wellington, Beam Mobility also leaves Napier City Council. The beginning of the end for the leading operator in Oceania? https://lnkd.in/d7qu63P5 🤕 Always interesting to read about #micromobility insurance, a topic often under considered. Cachet's Kalle Palling explains how it can be a differentiator in the industry. https://lnkd.in/dpUHEcDQ 👶 Forest innovates for its application to Ville de Paris' tender: it offers variants of its OKAI ebike for 📦 cargo, 🧒 kids or 🙋♂️ passengers. https://lnkd.in/dikzAwDX 💶 In #Berlin, the public subsidy to nextbike from the Senate expires in 2024, putting the service at stake. A new tender might be published after budget validation this month. https://lnkd.in/dwztsKut 💳 Donkey Republic partners with Mastercard to develop a tap n' go option for its #bikeshare services. https://lnkd.in/dyhqSV3S

A lot happened during my break last week: 🏆 Gemeente Rotterdam has chosen its 🚲 & 🛵 operators. felyx has renewed its scooter licence and managed to win with ebikes. It will compete with Check's 🛵 and Lime's 🚲 . https://lnkd.in/e-aFTpxV 🧠 AI is landing in shared #micromobility, with the latest examples of Anadue's data-assistant, or Captur parking control expansion in the US with Veo. From Zag Daily. https://lnkd.in/dGk_DPuT / https://lnkd.in/d36Yque7 🔄 Voi Technology scooters will replace Zipp Mobility ones in Buckinghamshire Council. https://lnkd.in/dSTuaW-v ✨ PBSC Urban Solutions and Lyft Bikes & Scooters are no unified under Lyft Urban Solutions (company formerly PBSC + Lyft Bikes & Scooters). https://lnkd.in/dQd4h58F 👋 Hoppy - Shared mobility is leaving Stad Hasselt due to profitability concerns. https://lnkd.in/dErqR64n 💶 Donkey Republic has raised €2m from 4 existing investors, after publishing positive Q3 financial results. https://lnkd.in/dRSX8bxH 💡 For those who did not travel to Philly, North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association published a recap of its 2024 conference. https://lnkd.in/dAEMDrJJ 🚀 RideMovi launches its multimodal service in Comune di Parma with 🚲x200, ⚡🚲x350 and 🛴x500. https://lnkd.in/dk_9faMC ❄ BIXI-Montréal is getting ready for its second winter season. 2,000 bikes will be available across 200 stations. https://lnkd.in/dB9xwM4p

📣 Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Paris - Vallée de la Marne will soon publish their shared #micromobility tenders. Both 🛴 &🚲 services were operated by TIER Mobility since 2021, and are an example for suburban areas. The new tender will include #ebikes. https://lnkd.in/drjvivdV https://lnkd.in/dDtwANFn 📍 Tisséo Collectivités' #bikeshare network will expand beyond Ville de Toulouse to serve the Metropole. 6 cities at least will join in. https://lnkd.in/d68QZzxs 💪 Whoosh carries on expanding in LATAM, especially in Municipalidad de Santiago, Chile. The company is adding ⚡🚲 x140 and 🛴 x280 in La Barnechea. https://lnkd.in/dfUpjKPF

🐰 Egypt-based Rabbit Mobility raises $1.3m to fuel its national and North African growth! https://lnkd.in/d2qgEdk4 📦 nextbike is adding #cargobike x21 in #Marburg. https://lnkd.in/d8tFdXsV 💸 The regional #bikeshare project backed by Artois Mobilités in Agglo Lens-Liévin, Agglomération Hénin-Carvin and Territoire d'industrie de Béthune-Bruay et Flandre Lys is dead in the water after Région Hauts-de-France stopped a €2.1m annual grant for high-school student transport. https://lnkd.in/djAirZQ2 🛠 TBM - Transports Bordeaux Métropole is facing major issues in operating its Bordeaux Métropole's new #bikeshare system: massive vandalism and theft, bike computer waterproofness issues, battery issues... makes its use currently difficult. https://lnkd.in/dTemr9ST