October 4, 2022 - (Bogotá, COL) Bogotá announced the launch of its first Shared Bicycle System with TemBici, a leading micromobility company in Latin America that won the bid process over the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the organization C40 Cities Finance Facility. TemBici is currently operating in 11 cities in Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
“The Bogota Bike Sharing System is a robust system, located in an area of 27 km in the towns of Usaquén, Chapinero, Barrios Unidos, Santa Fe and La Candelaria. It will have 3,300 bicycles and at least 300 stations; it will have 150 manocletas, an accessory so that people who move in wheelchairs can access the system; 150 chairs to transport girls and boys, 150 cargo bikes and 1,500 pedal-assist bicycles,” said Nicolás Estupiñán, Secretary of Mobility in the official press release..
In addition, the new system will offer a 20% discount to lower-income residents, employ 30 managers on the road to attend to any new developments, and there will be 300 bicycle repair stands for free use by all citizens.
The Bogota Bike Sharing System will not require any investment from the city. It will be implemented, managed, and maintained by TemBici, which, in return, must pay the city the equivalent value in kind for the use of public space, through the purchase, installation, and maintenance of public and free bicycle parking lots in areas where there is a need. of this type of furniture, established by the District Secretary of Mobility.
“I am especially proud of this project, which was a proposal in a pioneering format in the world. I am sure that bicycles will be even more present in the routine of the entire population, helping to make trips more efficient, economical and non-polluting, making the city of Bogotá even more democratic and better for everyone,” highlighted Tomás Martins, CEO and co-founder of TemBici.
The System will begin its operation gradually during the second half of 2022 and plans to have the entire bicycle service and stations available by next September.
Bogota, formerly known as “Santa Fe de Bogotá”, is capital and largest city in all of Colombia. Known for a city-wide cycling network that stretches over more than 600km of streets, the metropolis has a population of more than 8 million residents.
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