Bike Itaú is a public

bicycle sharing system A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost. The programmes themselves include bot ...

in the city of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Brazil. It is run by

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and started on the 20th of February 2018, and is sponsored by the municipal government of Rio de Janeiro in partnership with

Banco Itaú Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco. History Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...

. The system replaces the old one, operated by Serttel a private concessionaire, that began operations in October 2011. The old bike sharing system had 4000 bicycles available at 400 rental stations located throughout several neighborhoods in the city. The rental stations are powered by

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Gallery

Bike Rio 01 2013 5436.JPG, Bicycles are redistributed manually among stations to balance supply Bike Rio 01 2013 5421.JPG, Docking station at Ipanema/General Osório

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station Bike Rio 01 2013 5423.JPG, Bike Rio pay panel Bike Rio 11 2012 4475.jpg, Docking station in

Avenida Atlântica Avenida Atlântica (Portuguese for ''Atlantic Avenue'') is a major seaside avenue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is 4 kilometers long, and spans the entire length of the neighbourhoods of Copacabana and Leme. Layout In the stretch between its ...

, Copacabana

References

External links

* Community bicycle programs Cycling in Brazil Transport in Rio de Janeiro (city) Bicycle sharing in Brazil {{Brazil-transport-stub