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Formerly called
  
Alta Bicycle Share

Number of employees
  
700+ (2017)

Founded
  
2009

Type
  
Privately held

Headquarters
  
New York City

Parent organization
  
Bikeshare Holdings LLC

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Area served
  
United States, Australia, & Canada

Key people
  
Jay Walder (President and CEO)

Services
  
Bicycle-sharing system operator

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Motivate (formerly Alta Bicycle Share) (also known as Motivate International Inc.) is a company based in New York City that operates bicycle sharing systems in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The systems provide a flexible method for completing short trips, as contrasted with the longer rentals offered by traditional bike rental companies. Motivate was listed in Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" for 2014 under its previous name.

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In October 2014, it was announced that the company had been acquired by Bikeshare Holdings LLC and would be relocating headquarters from Portland, Oregon to New York City under the leadership of Jay Walder.

Currently operating systems

Motivate currently operates 11 systems in public-private partnerships with local governments:

  • Bay Area Bike Share, in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, with bike stations in downtown San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto, and Mountain View.
  • Bike Chattanooga in Chattanooga, TN
  • Bike Share Toronto in Toronto
  • Biketown PDX in Portland, Oregon began operating in July 2016.
  • Capital Bikeshare in Washington, D.C. with service to Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Alexandria, VA, Fairfax County, Virginia, and Montgomery County, MD
  • Citi Bike in Lower Manhattan, Western Brooklyn, and the Hoboken area
  • CoGo in Columbus, OH from Ohio State University to Schiller Park in German Village (and a separate system at Easton Town Center)
  • Divvy in Chicago
  • Hubway in Boston with service in Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville, from Alewife (MBTA station) to Franklin Park (Boston) and UMass Boston
  • Melbourne Bike Share in Melbourne, Australia
  • Pronto Cycle Share in Seattle, Washington

    • Approved system partnerships

    Public-private partnerships have been approved with Motivate in:

  • Jersey City, New Jersey council authorized the contract to Motivate to create a bike share program in Jersey City.

    • Systems suppliers

    Motivate-operated systems have used multiple suppliers for bikes, stations, kiosks, and technology across each city including 8D Technologies and Montreal-based PBSC Urban Solutions for equipment and technology and Cycles Devinci and Arcade Cycles for bicycles.

    References

    Motivate (company) Wikipedia
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