Motivate oversees all of the largest
bike share systems in the United States, including Citi Bike in New York, Divvy in Chicago, Capital Bike Share in Washington D.C, Hubway in Boston, and Bay Area Bike Share in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Motivate operates
bike share systems in some of the densest urban centers in America.
About Motivate Motivate is the largest operator of
bike share systems in North America — operating in eight cities including several major urban centers.
Motivate currently manages all of the largest
bike share systems in the United States and many of the largest systems in the world, including Bay Area Bike Share (California Bay Area), Citi Bike (New York and Jersey City), Divvy (Chicago), CoGo Bike Share (Columbus, Ohio), Capital Bike Share (Washington, D.C.; Arlington and Alexandria, Va.; and Montgomery County, Md.), Hubway (Boston, Somerville, Cambridge and Brookline, Mass.), Pronto (Seattle), Bike Chattanooga (Tenn.), Bike Share Toronto and Melbourne Bike Share in Australia as well as Bay Area Bike Share.
Named «BSSv4,» the next generation of the 8D system has been in development for a few years, and builds upon the award winning «BSSv3» platform developed by 8D and currently deployed successfully in
bike share systems in cities such as Washington D.C. / Arlington, Boston, Minneapolis, Melbourne (AUS), London (UK), Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal (CAN).
NACTO's latest bike share ridership report, Bike Share in the U.S.: 2017, shows that over 123 million trips have been taken on a bike share bike in the U.S. since 2010, when the first modern
bike share systems in the country were established.
Motivate manages all of the largest
bike share systems in the United States and many of the largest systems in the world, including Citi Bike (New York and Jersey City), Divvy (Chicago), CoGo Bike Share (Columbus, Ohio), Capital Bike Share (Washington, D.C.; Arlington and Alexandria, Va.; and Montgomery County, Md.), Hubway (Boston, Somerville, Cambridge and Brookline, Mass.), Pronto (Seattle), Bike Chattanooga (Tenn.), Bike Share Toronto, and Melbourne Bike Share in Australia.
Motivate currently manages all of the largest
bike share systems in the United States and many of the largest systems in the world, including Ford GoBike (California Bay Area), Citi Bike (New York and Jersey City), Divvy (Chicago), CoGo Bike Share (Columbus, Ohio), Capital Bike Share (Washington, D.C., Arlington and Alexandria, Va., and Montgomery County, Md.), Hubway (Boston, Somerville, Cambridge and Brookline, Mass.), Bike Chattanooga (Tenn.) and BIKETOWN (Portland, OR).
This platform is the driving force behind some of the most successful and innovative
bike share systems in several cities around the world.
Motivate manages many of the largest
bike share systems in North America, including Citi Bike (New York), Ford GoBike (San Francisco Bay area), Hubway (Boston metro area) and Capital Bikeshare (Washington DC metro area).
It stands to reason, then, that Motivate, which currently operates ten highly successful
bike share systems in the U.S., is not only making a big splash in our nation's transportation scene, but also in its health ecosystem.
When a project to build
a bike sharing system in Buenos Aires was approved last year, locals thought it was going to be another idea that would end in nothing.
Not only has the change boosted customer satisfaction, it also means Bublr has one of the lowest — if not the lowest — cost of entry of
any bike share system in the country.
«The bike share revolution that is transforming communities and urban mobility around the world is coming home to Portland, with the opening of the most sustainable and largest smart - technology
bike share system in North America.
Today marks the release of one such innovation: the Cyacle mobile bike share application, created for Abu Dhabi's
bike share system in the United Arab Emirates, which is powered by 8D technology.
The City of Philadelphia, which launched its Indego
bike share system in April 2015, used this funding to install 20 stations in underserved neighborhoods, develop a cash payment option, create a discounted pass program, and implement marketing, education and outreach programs focusing on low income Philadelphians.
Upon this foundation, we delivered the technology for the first generation of the BIXI
bike share system in a record nine - month period.
Biki in Honolulu launched in July 2017, and quickly became the eighth-most heavily used
bike share system in the U.S., with 365,000 rides taken to date.
When completed in 2018, the 7,000 - bike, 546 - station Ford GoBike network will be the second - largest
bike share system in North America, while setting new national standards in density, convenience and socio - economic equity.
When completed in 2018, the Bay Area's 7,000 - bike, 546 - station Ford GoBike network will be the second - largest
bike share system in North America, while setting new national standards in density, convenience and socio - economic equity.
Citi Bike has far and away the highest ridership volume of
any bike share system in the nation, and is on par with the largest bike share systems in the Western hemisphere.
Bay Area Bike Share is the first
bike share system in the country to launch as a regionally integrated system serving cities spread out over 50 miles.
Motivate will add thousands of bikes to its current systems and launch a new
bike share system in Portland, Oregon in 2016.
TreeHugger: When and how did you first consider the idea of starting
a bike sharing system in Barcelona?
It would be quite interesting to see what
the bike sharing systems in each city say about its inhabitants...
Citi Bike Jersey City is fully supported by sponsorship and other revenues, making it the only
bike share system in a mid-size city to operate without public funding.
Not exact matches
In spite of prices that can be a fraction of Capital Bikeshare, dock-less company LimeBike says all it needs to make its business model work is one ride per
bike per day — a mark that most functioning
bike -
share systems fly by.
In Minneapolis, Nice Ride Minnesota — a nonprofit
bike -
share system with 200 stations — put out a request for proposals to bring dock-less
bike share to the city.
Seattle's Pronto launched
in March amid
bike -
share systems» ascent from urban novelty to legitimate transportation technology, one that last year served up 28 million U.S. rides
in more than 50 cities.
In March, Seattle shut down its
bike -
share system.
In the U.S.,
bike -
share systems tend to be a composed of a hodgepodge of different funders, vendors, and operators.
Jump
bikes are integrated with the GPS and payment
system — unlike docked
bike share programs that put that tech
in its docking stations.
Other factors
in this revolution include the urgent imperative to make cities more livable, with lower congestion and cleaner air, the enormous potential for autonomous cars and trucks, innovative approaches to subway
systems and buses, and rising consumer interest
in car
sharing and
bike sharing.
Since their introduction
in 2015, dockless
bike -
sharing systems have moved from East to West as they sweep through urban transportation markets.
In a marketing push lasting through the end of May, consumers can take free bike rides in certain areas, such as New York, Chicago and Montreal, that are served by Motivate - operated bike - sharing system
In a marketing push lasting through the end of May, consumers can take free
bike rides
in certain areas, such as New York, Chicago and Montreal, that are served by Motivate - operated bike - sharing system
in certain areas, such as New York, Chicago and Montreal, that are served by Motivate - operated
bike -
sharing systems.
The
bike share service
system has already launched
in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Jersey City, but their blue
bikes have not made it to Staten Island and The Bronx yet.
B - Cycle, the company that designs the
bike -
sharing systems used
in Denver and more than 20 other cities across the country, says that on all of its
systems combined, 2.1 million
bike trips covering 4.5 million miles have been made on its bicycles since 2010, all of which have offset more than 2,948 metric tons of CO2 emissions and saved more than 330,000 gallons of gasoline, B - Cycle spokeswoman Marina Marich said.
A 2012 University of British Columbia study focusing on the climate benefits of
bike sharing in Vancouver says numerous factors play into how effective a
bike -
share system is at reducing emissions.
Lyon and La Rochelle, France: It's first
bike -
sharing program was introduced
in the Rhone - Alpes city of Lyon, and more recently a
bike - taxi
system was launched.
I rented a
bike often, because
in Valencia they have the
bike share system.
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bike sharing system and bank account, dimensions variable, 2016
As you could read
in our first post about Barcelona's
bike sharing system written
in May 2007, Bicing started with a bang: 30,000 subscribers
in the first 2 months; 15 stations and 200 bicycles to start with.
Cykel is a plug -
in electric
bike sharing system designed for a wide range of users and topographies.
The batteries do not have the juice of a built -
in system; JCDecaux has developed a BYOB that can push the
bike ten kilometres (6 miles) which they say is four times as far as the average
bike share.
While Vélib may be the most famous
bike share system because of the iconic appearance of the
bikes, Washington D.C.'s Capital Bikeshare has been an unexpected success
in the U.S. capital city.
For me, as a user, I have my transit pass, I have my Mobi bikeshare membership to use if I want but of course have my own
bike, if we need a car, we have literally the most successful car
share system anywhere
in North America, so I've got choices, and the best thing is, not just available choices but delightful choices every day.
Another interesting
bike -
share development: How to rent helmets to
bike share users
in cities with helmet laws is a thorny problem that may be holding back some U.S.
systems.
Looking to improve price transparency, Bublr
in Milwaukee is moving away from the traditional payment structure of
bike share systems.
The Milwaukee
bike share system launched
in August 2014 with a pricing structure similar to that of existing
bike share systems.
PSU, along with Drexel University was awarded another research grant
in BBSP's 2018 - 9 cycle, where they will develop a comprehensive catalogue of
bike share equity methods across the U.S., and work to determine whether individual
systems are meeting their equity metrics.