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posted by mrpg on Tuesday July 03 2018, @10:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the embrace dept.

Lyft buys the biggest bike-sharing company in the US

Lyft has acquired Motivate, the bike-sharing company that operates Citi Bike in New York City and Ford's GoBike program in San Francisco. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though it was reported in June to be around $250 million.

Motivate, which Lyft says accounts for about 80 percent of bike-share trips in the US, also operates networks in Chicago; Boston; Washington, DC; Portland, Oregon; Columbus; and Minneapolis. Lyft says it "will invest to establish bike offerings in our major markets and pursue growth and innovation in the markets where Motivate currently operates," but it's unclear where or when it might expand beyond the cities Motivate is currently in. The company also did not share when Motivate's bikes will be available in the Lyft app.

Also at NYT and TechCrunch.

Previously: Uber May Try to Buy Citi Bike Parent Company Motivate

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @01:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 04 2018, @01:17AM (#702286)

    As a side note, Uber seems to have destroyed the local taxi companies, although Uber Fare Estimator just gave me prices ranging from $8.56 to $20 to drive across my city from the hospital on one end to the stripmall bank on the other side. I suppose for NYC or Chicago that would be cheap, but "five bucks a mile" sounds insanely expensive.

    I sometimes use Lyft, and it costs me $12-14 per five miles, or $2.50 per mile, plus or minus. Tipping is optional. It is very good to always be able to get home, no cash needed.