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Chicago saw more than 11 million shared micromobility trips in 2024, a new record, it said Jan. 8.
Out of that total, 6.7 million trips were on Divvy, the city-owned, Lyft-operated bikeshare system, with the remainder on Lime and Spin, the scooter-sharing companies that operate in the city, according to a Chicago Department of Transportation spokesperson.
The record comes as the city has invested in new bike lanes and bike-sharing station expansions, according to the news release. The city is now focusing on electrifying Divvy stations, which would help increase e-bike availability by at least 15%, it said.
Dive Insight:
The increased shared bike and shared e-scooter ridership in Chicago reflects some positive signs for bike-sharing operations in 2024. A Bureau of Transportation Statistics blog post from June 2024 found that the number of cities with a dockless bike-sharing system had increased from 30 in June 2020 to 49 in June 2024. However, it also noted that this figure fell short of the all-time high for U.S. dockless bike share systems, which operated in 91 cities in June 2018.
Total shared micromobility trips in Chicago jumped 26% from 2023 to 2024, from 8.7 million to 11 million, according to a CDOT spokesperson. The number of Divvy trips increased from 6.6 million in 2023 to 6.7 million in 2024."This … […]
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