Known also as Public-use Bicycles (PUB’s), bike sharing or smart bikes, bike sharing schemes (BSS) are short-term urban bicycle rental schemes that enable bicycles to be picked up at any self-serve bicycle station and returned to any other bicycle station, which makes bicycle-sharing ideal for point-to-point trips. Find out more details about these schemes on our policy page.
At the end of 2016, almost 2.3 million bikes were available in more than 1,100 Public Use Bicycle Programmes around the world.
The ECF through its Cycling Industry Club is currently creating a Platform for European Bicycle Sharing & Systems (PEBSS). Its track record of providing trusted, neutral, and collaborative frameworks will ensure a fertile forum for this intra-industry dialogue, directly contributing towards accelerating cycling usage in Europe.