Bluebikes Ridership Is Approaching Its Pre-Pandemic Levels
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Riders took 289,033 trips on Bluebikes in August 2020 and set a new daily ridership record on September 12th, with 14,400 trips that day.
Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Bikesharing
On Bluebikes, Batteries Won’t Be Included Anytime Soon
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Bikeshare systems across North America have been adding thousands of pedal-assist electric bikes to their fleets this summer, but the Bluebikes system of greater Boston won't be embracing this new technology anytime soon.
Bluebikes Expanding to Arlington, Chelsea, Newton, Revere, and Watertown This Summer
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Bluebikes, the publicly-owned bikesharing system serving the greater Boston region, will expand to five new municipalities later this summer with 30 new stations in Arlington, Chelsea, Newton, Revere, and Watertown. The expansion has been in the works since last fall, and will be funded in part with grant funds from MassDOT. Although ridership on Bluebikes […]
Boston Cyclists Union to Offer Deeply Subsidized Bluebikes Passes
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The Boston Cyclists Union, with financial support from Boston's Wagner Foundation, will offer limited-income applicants annual Bluebikes passes for just $5 – a 95 percent discount from the typical price of an annual pass.
Bluebikes Ridership Is Down, But Remains Busy Near Hospitals
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Recent data show that ridership on the Boston region’s leading bikesharing system had dropped by roughly 75 percent from pre-pandemic levels after Governor Baker’s stay-at-home order took effect during the final week of March. After a mild winter and a large expansion of stations last summer, ridership on the region’s Bluebikes system had been showing […]
ValleyBike Demonstrates Viability of Bike Sharing In Smaller Cities
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Pedal-assist electric bicycles help users cover longer distances in a more rural part of the state.