Q1 (January-March)

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January

1. The Paris scooter ban 🛴 ❌

   

   “FOR or AGAINST” Source: France Bleu

   
   Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced a referendum to decide the future of shared scooters in Paris (FR). In April, 89% of votes chose to ban shared scooters, despite a poor voter turnout of 103 084 (just 8% of all registered voters). Consequently, Dott, Lime & TIER removed their fleets by 31st August, when the ban came into effect.
   

2. Madrid (ES) chose Dott, Lime & TIER to operate 2,000 scooters each for a May launch. Bolt, Bird and Superpedestrian had to exit the market.
   

3. Turin (IT) chose Dott, Bird, Superpedestrian and Helbiz to operate 750 scooters each.
   

4. Reby exited Zaragoza (ES), following Ridemovi and Cabify.
   

5. Lisbon (PT) capped scooter fleets at 7,500 in winter and 8,750 in summer, brings in 20km/h speed limit and enforces mandatory parking spaces.

February

6. Turkish operator BinBin acquired GO Sharing and began to relaunch several Dutch and Italian cities.
   

7. nextbike by TIER launched Ambici in association with the transport authority of Barcelona (ES), a new bike service to serve the metropolitan region. The service will grow to 2,500 bikes across 15 municipalities.
   

8. Dott & TIER won the scooter tender in Lyon (FR).
   

9. Donkey Republic integrated with the Gappie MaaS app in Amsterdam (NL).

March

10. Lime, Ryde & Voi were chosen for the season in Oslo (NO). Lime went with bikes, the other two with scooters.
    

11. Cabify secured $110m in a new round of funding.
    

12. Miles Mobility launched in Antwerp (BE) with 100 cars.
    

13. Citiz raised €880,000.
    

14. nextbike launches the 3rd iteration of Veturilo, Warsaw (PL)’s shared bike scheme, with 3,000 bikes.
    

15. Beryl launched Brighton’s new bike scheme with 75 bikes, growing to 780 over 2023.
    

16. MILES Mobility launched in Stuttgart (DE) after the city made shared cars exempt from parking fees.

Q2 (April-June)

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April

17. New BiciMAD system 🚲 🇪🇸

    
    Madrid’s BiciMAD is one of the oldest fully electric bike sharing systems in Europe, and it was up for renewal in 2023. PBSC & Serveo won the new contract for 7,500 bikes across 611 stations.

18. Ridemovi launched Malmö (SE)’s first shared bike scheme.

19. Acciona exited the Italian market after withdrawing mopeds from Milan & Rome (IT).
    

20. Pony raised €6m.
    

21. Helsinki (FI) installed 250 parking zones for scooters and restricted the number of scooters each company can have in the city centre to 700.

May

22. Beryl launched Leeds (UK)’s new electric bike scheme with 300 bikes, growing to 650.
    

23. Cabify integrated Cooltra mopeds with their app in Seville (ES).
     

24. SNCF chose Getaround to provide shared cars at 32 train stations in France.
    

25. Gävle (SE) awards Sweden’s first micromobility tender to Voi.

June

26. Mobilize Duo, heir to the Renault Twizy, designed specifically for car sharing, will be added to Zity’s fleets.
    

27. Hoppy expanded to Greece with a launch in Rhodos.
    

28. Greater Lille (FR) chose Lime & TIER to provide electric bikes and scooters in a brand-new scheme.
    

29. Vienna scooter tender 🛴 🇦🇹

Bird, Lime, Superpedestrian & Voi were chosen after a tender in Vienna (AT). TIER had placed 5th in the results and appealed the decision, but the results were upheld. The number of scooters allowed in the city centre was reduced from 2,500 to 500, and licence plates were fitted to each vehicle.

30. Stockholm’s bike rollercoaster 🔴 🟢 🇸🇪

After the brakes were slammed on the public bike sharing system Stockholm eBikes, Ridemovi stepped up to provide the city with an electric bike service. The public bikes were removed & agreement terminated due to safety concerns.

31. Paris (FR) awarded licences to Cityscoot, Cooltra & Yego after the moped tender, with Troopy having to exit the market.

Q3 (July-September)

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July

32. JCDecaux won the renewal of the Toulouse (FR) bike-sharing scheme, Tisséo, in a 12-year contract worth €97m. 192 new stations are planned by October 2025, making it the 2nd largest scheme in France.

33. Cooltra secured €22m to fuel international growth.
    

34. Operators for ‘Phase II’ trials chosen in London 🛴 🇬🇧

    

    Source: Zag Daily

    
    Whilst the UK awaited definitive legislation that will legalise scooters, London renewed scooter permits for Dott and Lime, whilst Voi were to replace TIER in September. The trials are set to expire on 31st May 2024, but can be renewed in the likely event that the trials are extended.

August

35. Reby went into liquidation with a debt of €15m, after an acquisition by House of Lithium for €95m fell through.
    

36. Voi exited Bristol (UK) as TIER won the tender for West England Combined Authority (Bristol & Bath) in a deal which will grow to 4,000 electric bikes and scooters.
    

37. GoCar raised €10m to fuel an expansion across Ireland from 930 shared cars (July 2023) to 1,100 by the end of the year.

September

38. Rome scooter tender 🛴 🇮🇹 

    

    Source: Dott

Rome published a tender to reduce the number of scooters in the city from 14,500 to 9,000. Bird, Dott & Lime were chosen on a 3-year contract. Helbiz and TIER were among the operators that lost out. Shortly after, Dott & Lime were chosen to provide dockless bikes.

39. Marseille (FR) decided to remove 1,500 scooters and Bird exited the market. 3,000 scooters remain.
    

40. Bird agreed to acquire Spin from TIER for $19m.

Q4 (October-December)

October

41. Zity expanded their fleet in Milan (IT).
    

42. Malta bans shared scooters.
    

43. Usage of Lime bikes in London nears total ridership of public bike scheme, Santander Cycles.

44. Poppy expanded their shared car operation in Brussels (BE) to serve all 19 municipalities with 1,100 vehicles.

November

45. Arriva Danmark closed their Share Now franchise service in Copenhagen (DK).
    

46. KINTO Share launched 500 shared bikes in Copenhagen (DK).

December

47. Bird filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US.
    

48. Superpedestrian closes business worldwide ⛔️

The company shut down US operations on 31st December and are exploring a sale of the European business.

49. Milan (IT) overhauled their shared mobility ecosystem with Bolt, Dott & Voi winning scooter licences, with 5 dockless bike operators.

50. Brussels tender results 🛴 🚲 🛵 🇧🇪

    

    Full details here

2023 ended with Brussels (BE) choosing Bolt and Dott to operate 8,000 scooters (down from 9 operators and 20,000 vehicles). 7,500 dockless bikes will be operated by Dott, Bolt & Voi whilst felyx retained their licence for mopeds, and GO Sharing won the other.