Bdood

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Bdood (بیدود)
Type Private
IndustryTransportation
Founded2017;7 years ago (2017) [1]
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Areas served
Products Bicycle sharing services
Parent پاک چرخ ایرانیان (Paak Charkh Iranian Co.)
Website www.bdood.ir
a set of BDOOD bikes on display Bdood-bikes.jpg
a set of BDOOD bikes on display

Bdood is a dockless bike-sharing company, located in Tehran, Iran. first featured in Iranian tech exhibition Elecomp 97 in 2018, [2] it claims to be the first and exclusively the only bike-sharing business in Iran. [3]

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History

After being featured in the 2018 Elecomp, an Iranian technology Exhibition, [2] it officially started operating in District 2 of Tehran on December 18, 2018. [4] Initially, its business model was a combination of subscription and pay-as-you-go. Charging an initial refundable deposit of 159,000 IRT, with a required insurance fee of 30,900 IRT, its registration cost added up to 189,900 IRT. [4] It also charged the subscribed users 1,500 IRT for every 30 minutes they were using the bikes. [5]

2019 Bike re-collection

Following the 2019–2020 Iranian protests, BDOOD bikes across Tehran were collected and removed from the stations. Chief of Communication and International Relations of Tehran municipality tweeted that the bikes were collected to avoid damages due to the recent events. [5] Two months later, it was announced that the company had started refunding the deposit it received from its customers. [6]

Usage

Use of the system requires the firm's mobile application, registration and payment of a deposit [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "آشنایی با استارتاپ بیدود در الکامپ ۹۷". Digiato.
  3. "بیدود" . Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  4. 1 2 رویای هوای پاک در تهران؛ بیدود به طور رسمی آغاز به کار کرد . Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  5. 1 2 چرا دوچرخه های بیدود از سطح شهر جمع شد؟. ISNA . Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  6. "ودیعه مشترکان دوچرخه‌های بیدود تهران پس داده می شود". ISNA . Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  7. "Bdood pricing in Tehran".