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🚲 Barcelona completes shared mobility shake-up

After licences were awarded for Barcelona’s new regional moped service in December, 7 dockless bike providers have been chosen for a period of 2 years. The total fleet size is 3,478 bikes. All operators have 497 or 496 bikes each.

The operators chosen: Donkey Republic, Ridemovi, Cooltra, Bolt, Lime, Bird & Voi.

If we rewind 4 years, when the city granted licences for moped operations, we found that not all companies could operate a financially viable service. The same is true today: with 500 bikes per operator, and 7 operators, there are concerns that each operator will be able to reach break-even.

Plus, do 7 different services/apps provide the best experience for end-users?

It’s important to note that new regulations have been introduced in Spain about pavement riding. From 1st February, fines of €500 will be given for scooters or bikes caught using their vehicles on pavements, protecting public spaces and pedestrians.

🇵🇱 Poland’s bike sharing resurgence

Given the tumultuous couple of years that bike sharing has had in Poland (multiple schemes closed down due to lack of funding), 2024 turned out to be a pretty good year. nextbike Poland published some statistics about their year that were encouraging.

In 2024, more than 80 Polish cities had access to 18,000 nextbike bikes, 52.4% more than in 2023. Trips surpassed 8.7 million, an 8% increase, covering 25 million kilometres.

Other successful schemes, like the Mevo scheme in Tri-City (run by Inurba), prove that the future is bright for bike sharing in Poland!

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Catch CIE’s next webinar on Tuesday, 14th January at 3pm CET. Speakers from Donkey Republic, Lyft Urban Solutions, Beryl & Tier-Dott will share:

👉 Insights into the impact of bike sharing in cities, including health & CO₂ reduction, and shifting away from private car use.

👉 How to measure the benefits of bike sharing systems

👉 How to balance benefits and cost of bike sharing

👉 Best practices from cities across Europe and beyond

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CITY UPDATES 🌐

Amstelveen (NL) | Municipality looking at shared bikes.

Essen (DE) | Reports of the City wanting operators to pay for parking spaces.

Florence (IT) | Scooter demand expected to drop 30-40% because of helmet laws.

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INDUSTRY NEWS 🗞️

Beryl release Annual Rider Report

Cargoroo files for bankruptcy.

INDIGO Infra completes acquisition of Smovengo.

Lime show users their activity over the year with Ride Replay.

The United Kingdom recorded 1,387 scooter casualties in 2023.

Voi now listed on the Nasdaq bond market.