BIXI Montréal
BIXI Montréal is a public bicycle sharing system serving Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
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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. 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. 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.