Red Bike

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Cincy Red Bike
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Overview
Locale Cincinnati
Transit type Bicycle-sharing system
Number of stations70
Daily ridership100,000/yr (approximate)
Website cincyredbike.org
Operation
Began operationSeptember 15, 2014;10 years ago (2014-09-15) [1]
Operator(s) BCycle
Number of vehicles700

Red Bike is a public bicycle-sharing system using BCycle that serves parts of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky with 70 bike stations. The system opened to the public in September 2014 with 35 stations and 260 bikes, and operates with 700 bikes out of 70 stations as of July 2023.

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History

With a recommendation from the Cincinnati Bike Share Feasibility Study completed in September 2012, Cincinnati installed Phase 1 of the Red Bike system in the Downtown, OTR and Uptown neighborhoods which opened to the public in September 2014. [1] [2] [3] An expansion of the system was completed in the summer of 2015 which increased the size from 35 stations to 50 stations. The expansion added 11 new stations to Northern Kentucky, making it the first bike share system in Kentucky, and added 4 stations in other areas of Cincinnati. [4] During July 2016 six new stations were added to the system.

The initial cost of setting up Cincy Red Bike was approximately US$2 million. The city of Cincinnati provided $1.1 million with the rest of the capital coming from private funding. [5]

As of July 2022, Red Bike had grown to 59 bike share stations and more than 500 publicly shared bicycles. [6]

The system had its 100,000th ride early October 2015 (a year and a few weeks after the system opened). [7]

An electric bicycle of the Red Bike system in Newport, 2022. Red bike cincy foto Newport Kentucky 2022.jpg
An electric bicycle of the Red Bike system in Newport, 2022.

The bikes

The bicycles are utility bicycles with a unisex step-through frame. Their one-piece aluminum frame and handlebars conceal cables and fasteners in an effort to protect them from vandalism and inclement weather.

Payment

24-hour daily ($12 [8] ) passes are sold through Red Bike docking stations.

The annual membership rate is $150. Monthly memberships are $30 a month. [9]

Residents of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky who receive food or energy assistance, or are clients of one of Red Bike's partner organizations, qualify for a $5 monthly pass called Red Bike Go. [10]

Trips using these passes are limited to 2 hours for daily and annual passes, before extra fees kick in. [11]

All payments are by credit card, with the exception of Red Bike Go monthly passes which may be purchased with cash in person at outreach events or by appointment at the Red Bike Shop.

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References

  1. 1 2 "With Membership Rates Set, Cincy Red Bike to Begin Operations Monday". UrbanCincy. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 11, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ Wetterich, Chris (August 12, 2014). "Here's where the first Cincy Bike Share stations will be". Cincinnati Business Courier. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Cincy Red Bike On Pace to Shatter First Year Ridership Projections". UrbanCincy. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Initial $2M Phase of Cincy Bike Share On-Pace for September Opening". UrbanCincy. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ Red Bike website https://www.cincyredbike.org/return-to-service
  7. ↑ "Red Bike Firmly Establishes Itself As Tri-State's Largest Bike-Share Program". UrbanCincy. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Pricing – Cincinnati Red Bike".
  9. ↑ "Pricing – Cincinnati Red Bike".
  10. ↑ "GO Pass - Cincinnati Red Bike". www.cincyredbike.org.
  11. ↑ "How It Works - Cincinnati Red Bike". www.cincyredbike.org.
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