Dubai RTA & Careem unveil Phase II of bike rental service

Dubai RTA & Careem unveil Phase II of bike rental service

Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Careem, a vehicle for hire company, has launched Phase II of bike rental service by adding 950 pedal-assisted e-bikes, and 95 stations, which will bring the total number of bikes in Dubai to 1,750 bikes at 175 stations.

Thus, it has become the first completely pedal-assisted docked bike-share initiative in the world. The step is part of a multi-stage scheme to deploy 3,500 bikes at 350 docking stations across Dubai.

The new stations will be introduced across Dubai, including the new cycling track at Jumeirah Beach, Al Safa, Dubai Canal, Dubai Marina, Al Mamzar, Al Satwa, Jumeirah 1, Al Khwaneej, Al Jaffliya, Business Bay, Dubai Internet City, and Jumeirah Lakes Towers. More stations will be added in various districts during the upcoming expansion. Careem Bikes completed 1,592 million trips as of February 2022.

Mr. Matar Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, expressed his delight with the huge success of the joint venture between RTA and Careem for rolling out Dubai’s bike-share service and also noted the growing habit of cycling as a sport and using bikes as an alternative and sustainable mean of mobility, which contributes in realizing the