Skip to main content

Lyft and Motivate intend to implement bike share systems across US

On-demand transportation company Lyft is to buy North America bike share company Motivate. Under the agreement, Lyft will acquire Motivate’s technology, corporate functions, including city contracts. Meanwhile, Lyft says it will invest in additional resources in technology to develop bike share in partnership with cities. According to a blog post on Lyft's website, the company plans to deliver dockless and pedal-assist electric bikes to riders around the country. Motivate's bike maintenance and s
July 16, 2018 Read time: 1 min

On-demand transportation company 8789 Lyft is to buy North America bike share company Motivate.

Under the agreement, Lyft will acquire Motivate’s technology, corporate functions, including city contracts. Meanwhile, Lyft says it will invest in additional resources in technology to develop bike share in partnership with cities.

According to a blog post on Lyft's website, the company plans to deliver dockless and pedal-assist electric bikes to riders around the country.

Motivate's bike maintenance and servicing operations will retain the company name and continue to support bikeshare systems.

Motivate partners with cities and local governments across the country and operates bikeshare systems in North America such as CitiBke, Ford GoBike, Divy, Blue Bikes, Capital Bikeshare, Biketown, CoGo and Nice Ride.

UTC

Related Content

  • January 29, 2024
    Pennsylvania and Georgia contract wins for Rekor Systems
    Firm studies vehicle patterns in Philadelphia's Navy Yard and in Metro Atlanta
  • August 22, 2018
    Atlanta goes regional
    Georgia’s new transportation authority will focus on regional funding and planning, says Andrew Bardin Williams – and hopes to be a model for reorganisation across the US With an eye toward eventually creating Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in the Atlanta metropolitan area, the Georgia state legislature has shaken up how transportation is managed by creating a new regional transit governance and funding organisation. The Atlanta-region Transit Link Authority (The ATL) will be responsible for transit plann
  • January 3, 2018
    Scoot expands fleet to include electric bikes in San Francisco
    Provider of shared light electric vehicle (LEV) services Scoot Networks (Scoot) has added a full fleet of electric bicycles (e-bikes) to its service to meet the needs of residents in San Francisco who are seeking more affordable and valuable transit options. Users can access the bicycles via the same app used for Scoot’s shared electric scooters. The e-bikes come with an electric motor to make pedalling easier for terrains such as hills, but riders are required to pedal to reach the maximum speed of 20mph.
  • March 7, 2024
    Multimodal RideLink pilot starts in Vancouver
    Year-long programme allows residents to use Compass Card for easy access to all services