End of authorizations for private rental bicycles in Madrid. This Tuesday the last extension of the contracts with Ridemovi, Bird, Ride Dott, Lime, Bolt and Bicimad Go for the distribution of bicycles without a fixed base ends, that is, without specific private stations where you can park them in the capital. He Madrid City Council It will not renew the contracts because it is a replaceable service with the expansions of the Bicimad public service, as confirmed by sources from the Urban Planning, Mobility and Environment area.
The operation of these bicycles was based on unlocking from mobilepay for the time of use (approximately 30 cents per minute) and park them freely in spaces marked by the applications. The farewell to this system materializes a month after the municipal decision to revoke authorizations with the three rental scooter operating companies, Dott, Lime and Tier Mobilitytwo of them, Dott and Lime, also operating these bicycles. Now both They must be removed from the streets of Madrid.
Public contracts with the companies supplying these bicycles were formalized in 2022 allowing the circulation of 2,802 bicycles: 1,999 with authorization to circulate within the M-30 and 803 with permission to move through the rest of the capital. The City Council considers that the withdrawal of this service will naturally be replaced by the Bicimad public bicycle system, which, as expressed this Tuesday by the delegate of Urban Planning, Mobility and Environment, Borja Carabante“is breaking records.”
611 bases and 7,500 Bicimad bicycles
“Over the last few years, especially since 2022, we have expanded Bicimad to reach all districts with 611 bases and 7,500 bicycles. Last week we had days with an influx of over 39,000 passengers, which is the most important figure since Bicimad was launched,” explained Carabante. Regarding the revocation of authorizations for scooters, the delegate recalled that last week The deadline for the three companies to present allegations has expired and it has confirmed that all three have done so.
“In the next few days we will sign the definitive revocation of the authorizations and throughout the month of October the electric scooters will disappear from Madrid.” Specifically, the delegate has pointed out They will give a period of 15 days for them to be removed from the streets of the capital when the City Council’s legal services finish studying the allegations presented by the three companies.
