Your partner for bikesharing solutions

Urban centres are attracting growing numbers of people – residents, commuters and visitors alike. Transport systems come under pressure when lots of people want to get from A to B quickly. By adding an extra option to the mobility mix, bike hire schemes reduce congestion and noise.

Emission-free and future-focused: bikesharing is one of the most important tools when designing the green future for towns and cities.

Everyone knows that cycling is good for your health and well-being. A bikesharing scheme makes your town or city a more attractive place to live, work or visit.

Towns and cities with a station-based solution use a network of permanent stations where people can hire and return bikes. Not only is this an efficient and therefore cost-effective option, but it also gives the streetscape a visual orderliness. Users benefit from (virtual) stations that are located to reflect the main routes used by people moving through the town or city. Bike stations play a major role in enhancing intelligent mobility networks, particularly when they are located at local transport stops and long-distance railway stations.

A free-floating system gives users the option of hiring and leaving bikes within a specially defined core area that is displayed in the system's app. This option delivers maximum flexibility and convenience. Leaving a bike outside the core area entails a service fee that covers the cost of retrieving and redistributing bikes.

Combining the station-based and free-floating models means users can hire and return bikes at (virtual) stations as well as at the side of the road within in the core area. The system's design can be tailored to suit specific local needs. Municipal authorities can opt to deploy both options throughout their system's entire area or select specific zones where only one of the options is available. This way, you have the freedom to create a customised bikesharing system that is an ideal match for traffic flows within your town or city. Here, the great advantage is that you can easily integrate routes with lower demand, such as in residential areas and business parks, without generating high service workloads or costs.

StadtRAD Hamburg has been Germany's leading bikesharing system since 2009. More than 3,300 StadtRAD bikes and 20 electrically assisted cargo bikes have made a real contribution to emission-free mobility in northern Germany's largest city. Hamburg uses a station-based system that is very popular with residents and commuters. The first 30 minutes of every journey are free of charge.

It's all go in Lüneburg! We work with the town's municipal authorities to operate their bikesharing scheme, which is another station-based system. It offers clear proof that bikesharing is also popular outside of major cities. The 150 or so StadtRAD bikes are the ideal addition to the town's existing public transport services. The system covers the entire town and now also includes cargo bikes, making it easy for residents to switch from cars to green mobility.

If you're in Baden-Württemberg, you have access to 1,700 RegioRad bikes and electrically assisted bicycles at some 250 stations in more than 50 cities and towns in the Stuttgart region. A large catchment area and excellent links with the public transport network are the special feature that makes this station-based system so successful.

What are the key traffic flows in your town/city? How many stations do you need, and where should they be located? Which bikesharing model best suits your municipality? These are just some of the issues we study so we can provide you with the best possible advice within the scope of a non-binding consulting service for infrastructure and location planning.

We design apps and websites that enhance the intuitive usability of your bikesharing system still further. We base our work on your design requirements and preferences. We can also provide our services via system interfaces.

Ensuring that bikes are ready available and in top condition is essential for a bikesharing system to function. Our service teams operate rolling quality assurance checks that involve bicycle maintenance and repairs in addition to the distribution of bikes to meet demand levels within the core area.

We maintain high standards when it comes to performance transparency and the continuous improvement of our bikesharing systems. In line with this, we routinely provide you with assessments of all of your system's key performance indicators and discuss these reports with you.