İsbike

İsbike (styled as isbike) is a public bicycle sharing system serving İstanbul, the largest city in Turkey.

İsbike
Overview
OwnerİSPARK
Localeİstanbul, Turkey
Transit typeBicycle sharing system
Number of stations300
Websitehttps://www.isbike.istanbul
Operation
Began operation2012
Number of vehicles3000

Launched in 2012, it serves with 300 stations and 3000 bikes on both sides of the city.

In 2022, isbike founded a bicycling school, aimed to provide bicycle training to approximately 10 thousand people.[1]

System components

The system uses Baksi smart biking system. The users can either get membership or use their credit cards to access the bikes.

Rates

All trips are charged, whether or not the user is a member.[2]

Maintenance

Out of action docking station in September 2022

isbike was included in the 2022 budget due to votes by city residents.[3] Due to maintenance bikes were not available in January 2022,[4] but later that year there were complaints about empty and closed stations, for example in Zeytinburnu.[5]

See also

References

  1. "İsbike Bisiklet Okulu'nda 3 bin kişi daha pedal çevirdi - Ekonomist". www.ekonomist.com.tr. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  2. "İsbike Akıllı Bisiklet Sistemleri". isbike.com.tr. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  3. Hadi, Tülin (2022-06-14). "İstanbul'da Katılımcı Bütçe uygulaması ne durumda?". Yetkin Report | Siyaset, Ekonomi Haber-Analiz, Yorum (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  4. Haber7. "İSBİKE bisikletlerine ne oldu? Bisikletler neden yok? Bisiklet severlere kötü haber…". Haber7 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  5. "İstanbul'da çevreci bisikletler azaldı". Ensonhaber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
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