| Bluebikes | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Owner | The municipalities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Everett, and Somerville, Newton, Arlington, Chelsea, Watertown, and Salem in Massachusetts |
| Locale | Greater Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Transit type | Bicycle sharing system |
| Number of stations | 393 (July 2021)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 3,686,979 (2023)[2] |
| Website | www |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | July 28, 2011 |
| Operator(s) | Motivate |
| Number of vehicles | 3,800+ (July 2021)[1] |
Bluebikes, originally Hubway, is a bicycle sharing system in the Boston metropolitan area. As of July 2021, the system had deployed 393 stations with a fleet of over 3,800 bikes in the 10 municipalities it served.[1] Bluebikes is operated by Motivate and uses technology provided by 8D Technologies and PBSC Urban Solutions for equipment. The bike share program officially launched in Boston as Hubway. From 2012 to 2021, neighboring municipalities of Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville, Everett, Newton, Arlington, Chelsea, Watertown, and Salem joined the system. By 2020, total annual members neared 23,000, and as of 2021, 14 million total rides have been taken.[3]
In March 2018, the municipal owners announced a six-year marketing deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and relaunched under the name of Bluebikes.[4] The name change took effect on May 9, 2018, with the release of the newly re-branded blue bicycles.[5]
Users can rent out a Bluebike with the Bluebikes app or directly at the station's kiosk. Passes for purchase vary on length and cost, but income and non-income based subsidies are available.
- ^ a b c MilNeil, Christian (July 26, 2021). "Bluebikes System Celebrates 10th Anniversary By Smashing A Ridership Record". StreetsBlogMass. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ "System Data". Blue Bikes. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- ^ Getting Around Cambridge, City of Cambridge, 2019
- ^ Enwemeka, Zeninjor. "Hubway Will Become Blue Bikes, And The Fleet Will Grow". WBUR-FM. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
- ^ Fisher, Jenna (May 18, 2018). "Hubway Trades Green For Blue Bikes Starting Today". Retrieved May 9, 2018.