List of bicycle sharing systems

This is a list of bicycle-sharing systems. As of December 2016, roughly 1000 cities worldwide have a bike-sharing program.

Advertising company JCDecaux launched its "Cyclocity" programs initially in Lyon, France, and Paris. The company also started programs in other cities in Europe such as Córdoba, Vienna and Kazan, as well as cities outside of Europe, such as Brisbane, Australia. Payment for using the bikes is done with smart cards.

With sponsorship from first Barclays and later Santander, Transport for London launched a Cycle Hire scheme in London, where hire under 30 minutes is free from special bicycle stands across the city, after a daily, monthly or annual charge has been paid.

Competitor Clear Channel, then operating as Adshel, opened the first example of this in Rennes in 1997, and has several other sites including Oslo, Stockholm, Sandnes and Trondheim, most generally similar to that offered by their competitor.

A different financial model called bicing is used in Barcelona, which is paid for by car owners parking on public streets and not by advertising – which is contracted to JCDecaux in some places.

In 2001 the city of Vienna implemented a first version of a bike sharing system following the example of Copenhagen. Unfortunately, Viennabike failed and its shortcomings were fixed in the second implementation called which started 2003 and became a huge success. It is operated by and comprises 1500 bikes distributed to 121 stations with 3097 slots. In 2015 more than 1 million trips and more than 100 000 new registrations were recorded. Registration is possible using credit cards, too. There is no fee for the first rental hour, additional hours are charged starting with €1.

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