It’s all part of our effort to promote bikeshare to the the hundreds of thousands of people in Seattle and DC who use Transit. We have custom promo pages for each service — teaching our users what dockless bikeshare is, who provides it, distinctions between each one, with pricing info and discounts too.

Why Seattle and DC?

We’re launching dockless in Seattle and DC for a few reasons. For one, Seattle and DC have more bikesharing systems than any other North American city. There is an obvious need to show every service, all in one place. For two, Seattle and DC have tons of Transit users — we can make a big impact here.

Most importantly? Seattle and DC have welcomed dockless bikeshare with open arms. We’re proud of our relationships with cities, transit agencies, and existing bikeshare systems. So while we believe new dockless bikes can seriously improve mobility… we also won’t support rogue bikeshare systems that cities deem illegal.

Why this matters

When you have an easy way of accessing nearby transport options, those options become more enticing. When you know exactly when your bus is coming (or exactly where you can find a bike) you eliminate the anxiety associated with those modes.

Docked bikeshare companies have always understood this, which is why they’ve been radically transparent with their data. One of the most impactful things they share is GBFS, an open data format that contains real-time availability of bikes & docks (among other information).

Deeper integrations: beyond showing you where bikes are, our app is designed to let you buy bikeshare passes and unlock bikes directly (while you can’t yet do this for dockless bikeshare — this functionality works in Chicago, Toronto and 8 other cities.)

To date Transit has integrated ~75 bikeshare systems. GBFS data makes the process seamless.

North American dockless systems have yet to release their data in GBFS — so for now, we have to use the data source from each respective app.

What this means for cities

As we make bikeshare more accessible, we inch closer to accomplishing our mission: getting you from a-to-b without your own car.

Docked or dockless — we want to bring bikeshare to the masses.

So hop in the saddle already. We’ll find you the closest bike ;)