DC Micromobility Use Keeps Growing

Capital Bikeshare saw its fourth straight month of record ridership.

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September 25, 2024, 5:00 AM PDT

By Diana Ionescu @aworkoffiction


Row of red CaBi bikes at Capital Bikeshare station in Washington, D.C.

Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons

Washington, D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare (CaBi) continues to break ridership records, with August marking the fourth straight month the system saw more rides than ever.

Samuel Littauer describes the system’s success in a piece for Greater Greater Washington, noting, “The regional network has experienced year-over-year monthly ridership increases for 32 consecutive months. Annual ridership continues to thrive as 3,788,634 trips have been taken in 2024—a 31.3% increase from a year prior.”

According to system data, members took 63.2 percent of trips, while 58.6 percent of rides were on e-bikes. The District saw the most rides (86.1 percent) in the region, but Fairfax County plans to expand its bike share service with 16 new stations.

CaBi isn’t the only shared mobility system to see growth: “The region’s largest private micromobility provider, Lime, has also seen significant increases in ridership across their scooters and e-bikes. In a report shared with GGWash, Lime reported 669,000 rides in the District in August, a 41% increase from August 2023.”

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