13 Facts About Bluebikes

Bluebikes, originally Hubway, is a bicycle sharing system in the Boston metropolitan area.

Bluebikes is operated by Motivate and uses technology provided by 8D Technologies and PBSC Urban Solutions for equipment.

On June 4,2019, Bluebikes set a single-day ridership record with users taking 10,035 trips, the first time the ride-share has ever exceeded the 10,000-rider mark for a single day.

Two years later on September 11th, 2021, Bluebikes hit its highest single day record with over 18,000 rides.

In 2020, Bluebikes expanded to Newton, Revere, Chelsea, Arlington, and Watertown adding over 30 new stations to the system.

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Bluebikes continued to expand in 2021, with projects pursued in Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park.

Bluebikes offered an expanded Income-Eligible Program that offers membership rates of $5 per month or $50 per year, which are discounted from the standard prices of $25 per month or $109 per year.

Additionally, the Bluebikes program offers a subsidized yearly membership fee of $5 for guests or clients of transitional housing options and homeless shelters located within the city of Boston.

Mayor Marty Walsh has said that these changes to the Bluebikes initiative are in line with the goals of Boston's Go Boston 2030 transportation plan, which focuses on promoting transportation equity.

Bluebikes provided free trips with one-time use codes to travel to polling places in 2020 and COVID-19 vaccination sites in 2021.

On each Monday of August 2021, Bluebikes offered complimentary Adventure Passes as a part of their celebration for National Wellness Month.

Similar to the bike sharing systems of New York City and Washington DC, Bluebikes offers a rewards system to incentivize renters to move bikes to certain docks.

Bluebikes renters have complained on Tripadvisor, Reddit, Yelp, and various other sites that they have found the service to be unsatisfactory.