Capital Bikeshare

Capital Bikeshare
Capital Bikeshare
	Capital Bikeshare rental station near Eastern Market station on Capitol Hill, the first station installed
Overview
Owner	Local governments of the areas served
Area served	Washington, D.C.; Northern Virginia Alexandria; Arlington County; Fairfax County; Fairfax City; Falls Church; ; Maryland Montgomery County; Prince George's County; ;
Locale	Washington metropolitan area
Transit type	Bicycle-sharing system
Number of stations	782 (2024)
Daily ridership	10,844+ (2023)
Annual ridership	4.4 million+ (2023)
Website	capitalbikeshare.com
Operation
Began operation	September 20, 2010
Operator(s)	Motivate
Number of vehicles	7,500+

Capital Bikeshare (also abbreviated CaBi) is a bicycle-sharing system that serves Washington, D.C., and certain counties of the larger metropolitan area. As of January 2023,^[update] it had 700+ stations and more than 5,400 bicycles. The member jurisdictions own most of the equipment and have sourced operations to contractor Motivate International.^[5] Opened in September 20, 2010,^[6] the system was the largest bike sharing service in the United States^[7] until New York City's Citi Bike began operations in May 2013.^[8]

^ "Capital Bike Share Locations". Retrieved November 5, 2024.
^ "2024 Performance Oversight Questions, Part II District Department of Transportation" (PDF). D.C. Council. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
^ Littauer, Samuel. "Bikeshare Beat: CaBi breaks all-time ridership record for fourth consecutive month in August". Greater Greater Washington. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
^ "Bike Share Map". Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
^ "Capital Bikeshare". Alta Bike Share, Inc. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
^ Harnik, Peter (September 30, 2022). "How Capital Bikeshare launched a mobility movement". ggwash.org. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
^ Martinez, Matt (September 20, 2010). "Washington, D.C., launches the nation's largest bike share program". Grist. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
^ Flegenheimer, Matt (May 27, 2013). "Out for a First Spin: City's Bike Share Program Begins". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.