BIXI Montréal
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BIXI Montréal is a public bicycle sharing system serving Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Bixi | |
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Overview | |
Owner | City of Montreal |
Locale | Montreal, Quebec |
Transit type | Bicycle sharing system |
Number of stations | 794 (March 2022) |
Annual ridership | 3.2M (2014) 4.1M (2016) |
Website | https://montreal.bixi.com |
Operation | |
Began operation | 2009 |
Number of vehicles | 9,665 (March 2022) |
Launched in May 2009 by Public Bike System Company (PBSC), it is North America's first large-scale bike sharing system and the original BIXI brand of systems. PBSC filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of 2014 after the company started experiencing financial difficulties in late 2013.[1][2] The City of Montreal then bought PBSC's assets for $11.9 million in February 2014 and created BIXI Montréal, a non-profit entity, to run the bike sharing operations.[3] Following the purchase of the company's international division by Bruno Rodi in April 2014, it was renamed PBSC Urban Solutions. After buying a large number of Rodi's shares, Luc Sabbatini became PBSC's majority stockholder and current CEO.[4]