DecoBike (also known as CityBike) is a
bicycle sharing system deployed in
City of Miami Beach.
History
DecoBike was rolled out on March 15, 2011 with approximately 60 kiosks & 500 bikes throughout Miami Beach.
By 2014, the program has exceeded 3 million rides and had around 100 kiosks with 1,000 bikes.
In October 2014, the bike-share program changed its name to CitiBike, reflecting sponsorship from
Citibank
Citibank, N. A. (N. A. stands for " National Association") is the primary U.S. banking subsidiary of financial services multinational Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, and later became First National City ...
.
CityBike has plans to link the
Miami Beach
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which sep ...
and
City of Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at t ...
systems by the end of January 2015.
In August 2015, DecoBike program opened in
San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...
with 200 stations and 1800 bikes. In September 2017, 15 DecoBike stations were removed from the boardwalk following
Pacific Beach residents’ protests. In April 2019, city officials ordered the company to remove its stations, citing breach of contract.
See also
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Bicycle rental
A bike rental or bike hire business rents out bicycles for short periods of time, usually for a few hours. Most rentals are provided by bike shops as a sideline to their main businesses of sales and service, but shops specialize in rentals.
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Bicycle culture
Bicycle culture can refer to a mainstream culture that supports the use of bicycles or to a subculture. Although "bike culture" is often used to refer to various forms of associated fashion, it is erroneous to call fashion in and of itself a cult ...
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Free bicycle/Short term hire schemes
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Sustainable transport
Sustainable transport refers to ways of transportation that are sustainable in terms of their social and environmental impacts. Components for evaluating sustainability include the particular vehicles used for road, water or air transport; th ...
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Carsharing
Carsharing or car sharing (AU, NZ, CA, TH, & US) or car clubs (UK) is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. It differs from traditional car rental in that the owners of the cars are often pri ...
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Collaborative consumption
References
{{Modes of Public Transport
Community bicycle programs
Transportation in Miami Beach, Florida
2011 establishments in Florida
Bicycle sharing in the United States