The City of Montreal and BIXI bikes have reached a new 10-year deal
Get ready for at least 10 more years of BIXI bikes in Montreal.
The City of Montreal has announced a new deal with the bicycle-sharing service that will keep the bikes in Montreal until 2028.
By then, BIXI also promises to have stations in all of the city’s 19 boroughs which would also coincide with the company’s 20th anniversary.
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The statement says that BIXI’s administrators have “rebuilt the confidence and pride of Montrealers.” The city overtook BIXI operations in 2014, after the bike-sharing company filed for bankruptcy.
BIXI’s current fleet is made up of almost 10,800 public bikes and 912 docking stations around the island.
🎉 Bonne nouvelle! Le service de vĂ©lo-partage BIXI sera prĂ©sent dans les 19 arrondissements de MontrĂ©al d’ici 10 ans! #biximtl
Transformer l’expĂ©rience urbaine par une mobilitĂ© active, accessible, innovante et collaborative c’est possible!DĂ©tails 👉 https://t.co/OYat3JHCHv pic.twitter.com/TJ2iNPdwQo
— BIXI Montréal (@BIXImontreal) January 23, 2019
Starting in the spring of 2019, BIXI will expand to five new boroughs for the first time: Saint-Laurent, Anjou, Montreal-North, Lachine and Saint-LĂ©onard.
60 new docking stations and 1,000 new bicycles (including the laser-light equipped and electric varieties) will be added to the BIXI network when the season starts up again in April.
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According to BIXI Montreal, 2018 was a record year for the company with 5.3 million trips made.
Keep on pedalling, Montreal.
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