Dockless bikeshare is finally happening, and on Tuesday the DOT announced the five companies that will be dropping bikes onto four neighborhoods this summer.

In addition to regular bikes, which will be available this month, the DOT says that pedal-assisted e-bikes will be available in the Rockaways, the Bronx, and Staten Island after July 28, when the new law explicitly legalizing them takes effect. The bikes will cost $1 to $2 per 30-minute ride.

Here's the schedule per the press release:

Motivate, the company that operates Citi Bike (which was just purchased by Lyft) will start a dockless bike pilot program on Coney Island later this year.

Citi Bike's contract stipulates that it can operate exclusively in the regions it currently services until 2029.

Each of the neighborhoods hosting dockless bikeshare will have no fewer than 200 bicycles apiece, according to the DOT.

Your move, Bird.



