Shared Mobility

Dockless Bikes Seized as City of London Cracks Down on Parking
Lime and Forest paid £25,000 in fines to retrieve their property and are negotiating solutions with transportation authorities.

Fort Worth Relaunches Bike Share Network
The system, operated by Lyft, is made up of primarily e-bikes.

Chicago Sees Record Shared Bike, Scooter Use
Riders took over 11 million bike share and scooter trips in 2024.

NYC E-Scooter Program Threatened Despite High Ridership
Rental scooters in Queens and the Bronx provided close to two million trips in 2024, with many trips starting or ending near transit. Some city officials want to remove them.

Indy Bike Share Sees Sharp Growth Thanks to Free Pass Program
A new fleet of e-bikes and free access for Marion County residents are getting more people on bikes.

Fort Worth To Relaunch Bike Share System in January
Trinity Metro shuttered its current system at the end of November and plans to relaunch with a mostly-electric system.

Electric Car Share Comes to Detroit’s Eastside
The program is operated by the Eastside Community Network and funded through the U.S. Department of Energy.

DC Bike Share Growing Fast, But Regional Gaps Remain
The wildly popular system ‘frays at its geographic edges,’ making its use less effective outside the central District.

Montreal Bike Share Breaks Ridership Record With 13 Million Rides
The Bixi system introduced a winter pilot project last year, leading to a rise in winter cycling.

Denver Micromobility on Track to Break Ridership Record
Denver’s shared bikes and scooters will provide as many as 6 million rides in 2024.

Shared Mobility Riders in Seattle to Get Free Transit Trips
Riders who park Lime bikes or scooters at one of 14 designated Link light rail stations can earn free trips on the region’s transit systems.

DC Micromobility Use Keeps Growing
Capital Bikeshare saw its fourth straight month of record ridership.

Houston Metro Abandons Bike Share in Favor of On-Demand Microtransit
The agency failed to include funding for bike share in its 2025 budget proposal.

Biking Outpaces Transit Use in DC
D.C. residents and visitors take as many as 30 million trips on bikes or shared mobility, yet bike lanes cover just one quarter of one percent of the District’s streets.

Seattle Sees Strong Bike Share, Scooter Ridership
The city’s shared bikes and e-scooters provided half as many trips as a $2 billion tunnel.

Bike Share, Scooters Break Ridership Record
The popularity of e-bikes continues to drive growth for shared mobility systems.

Keeping NYC’s E-Bike Fleet Charged and Running
How a crew of hundreds maintains one of the world’s largest bike share systems.

Report: Municipal Fees and Taxes Hinder Shared Micromobility Adoption
City taxes and fees on shared bikes and scooters are, on average, much higher per mile than similar taxes on cars.

Houston Will Be Largest US City Without Bike Share
The city’s bike share system will cease operations at the end of June.

Indianapolis to Offer Free Bike Share Passes to All Residents
It will be the first U.S. city to make bike share free for all.
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