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Many bicycle-related crashes resulting in injury or death are associated with the bicyclist’s behavior, including such things as not wearing a bicycle helmet, riding into a street without stopping, turning left or swerving into traffic that is coming from behind, running a stop sign, and riding the wrong way in traffic. To maximize your safety, always wear a helmet AND follow the rules of the road.

Rules of the Road – Bicycling on the Road

Bicycles in many States are considered vehicles, and cyclists have the same rights and the same responsibilities to follow the rules of the road as motorists. When riding, always:

• Go With the Traffic Flow. Ride on the right in the same direction as other vehicles. Go with the flow – not against it.
• Obey All Traffic Laws. A bicycle is a vehicle and you’re a driver. When you ride in the street, obey all traffic signs, signals, and lane markings.
• Yield to Traffic When Appropriate. Almost always, drivers on a smaller road must yield (wait) for traffic on a major or larger road. If there is no stop sign or traffic signal and you are coming from a smaller roadway (out of a driveway, from a sidewalk, a bike path, etc.), you must slow down and look to see if the way is clear before proceeding. This also means yielding to pedestrians who have already entered a crosswalk.
• Be Predictable. Ride in a straight line, not in and out of cars. Signal your moves to others.
• Stay Alert at All Times. Use your eyes AND ears. Watch out for potholes, cracks, wet leaves, storm grates, railroad tracks, or anything that could make you lose control of your bike. You need your ears to hear traffic and avoid dangerous situations; don’t wear a headset when you ride.
• Look Before Turning. When turning left or right, always look behind you for a break in traffic, then signal before making the turn. Watch for left- or right-turning traffic.
• Watch for Parked Cars. Ride far enough out from the curb to avoid the unexpected from parked cars (like doors opening, or cars pulling out).

Sidewalk versus Street Riding

The safest place for bicycle riding is on the street, where bicycles are expected to follow the same rules of the road as motorists and ride in the same direction.

• Children less than 10 years old, however, are not mature enough to make the decisions necessary to safely ride in the street.
• Children less than 10 years old are better off riding on the sidewalk.
• For anyone riding on a sidewalk:
  • Check the law in your State or jurisdiction to make sure sidewalk riding is allowed.
  • Watch for vehicles coming out of or turning into driveways.
  • Stop at corners of sidewalks and streets to look for cars and to make sure the drivers see you before crossing.
  • Enter a street at a corner and not between parked cars. Alert pedestrians that you are near by saying, “Excuse me,” or, “Passing on your left,” or use a bell or horn.

For more information on bicycle safety, visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Web site at: www.nhtsa.dot.gov

Last updated: 12/20/23

Bluebikes is public transportation by bike! With more than 4,000 bikes and 450 stations, it's a fast, fun, and affordable way to get around Metro Boston.

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Bluebikes is municipally owned and jointly managed by Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Everett, and Somerville. The system operates in 13 municipalities in Metro Boston. Our bikes are sturdy, maintained by professional mechanics, and have adjustable seats. Since launching in 2011, residents and visitors have taken more than 22 million trips!

Boston's Bike Share System

OUR SYSTEM

Our publicly owned bike share system is essential to Boston’s transportation system. It is a reliable, low-cost option — and fun, too!

Boston was among the first large cities in the U.S. to commit to a bike share system. We launched with 60 stations and 600 bikes in summer 2011. Today, Boston owns 250 stations and around 2,500 bikes. With our municipal partners, our publicly owned bike share system offers more than 450 stations and 4,000 bikes in 13 municipalities. In 2023, we launched electric-assist bikes alongside traditional pedal bikes. Our riders have taken more than 22 million trips via bike share since launch, including more than 2.9 million in 2023 alone.

Hello Bluebikes!

We are excited to have Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts as the title sponsor of our system. In recognition of their support, our system is called Bluebikes!

The City of Boston, with our municipal partners, continue to own and co-govern the bike share system. We meet regularly to review system performance and provide guidance. The City locates Bluebikes stations in collaboration with our residents. We have more information about our bike share history:

Bike share journey

HOW TO RIDE

FIND A BIKE:

Find a station with an available bike on the Station Map. Insert your key into a dock, use the Bluebikes app to scan the QR code on the bike, or get a ride code from the kiosk. When the light turns green, pull the bike out. If you want to ride an ebike, look for the lightning bolt symbol. It indicates there is at least one charged ebike currently at the station.

GET GOING:

Traditional pedal bikes (“classic bikes”):

• For annual and monthly members, the first 45-minutes of each trip is covered by your membership. If you ride on the same bike for longer, overtime fees will apply. Dock your bike within 45 minutes and you will not be charged overtime fees. Riders with an income-eligible pass have 60 minutes to complete their trip.
• Go again! Your membership includes as many trips as you’d like. Ride whenever you want, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Just remember to stay within your free ride time on each trip to avoid usage fees.
• Riders with a 24-hour Adventure Pass can take trips up to 2 hours long without fees, and riders with a Single Trip pass can take trips up to 30 minutes without fees.

Ebikes:

• Annual and monthly members can ride ebikes for $0.10/minute. Income-Eligible members can ride ebikes for $0.07/minute. Ebikes are available at $0.25 per minute for non-member riders who purchase a Single Trip or Adventure Pass. All per-minute ride prices are rounded up to the nearest minute. Please note that riding an ebike will incur extra fees, regardless of your membership or pass type.
• The ebike pedal-assist technology kicks in automatically once you start pedaling. The pedal-assist will shut off once ebikes reach 18 mph. You are not allowed to ride ebikes on sidewalks in Massachusetts. RETURN THE BIKE TO A STATION:

Never leave a bike unattended. Always dock your bike at a station and check for the green light before you walk away. The penalty for a lost or stolen bike is $1200. This is how much it costs for the City to buy a replacement bike.

remember:

• Yield to pedestrians
• Stay off the sidewalk
• Obey traffic signals
• Check your speed

Review bike laws in Boston here.

Go Farther with Ebikes

In December 2023, municipal leaders in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, and Everett announced plans to integrate 750 next-generation ebikes into the Bluebikes system.

The new collection of ebikes is expected to grow the overall Bluebikes fleet to 5,000 bikes across 500 stations by the summer of 2024. Funding for the initial purchase of the ebikes came from a combination of municipal investment from Boston and Cambridge, state funding, and federal funding through the Boston Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. Learn more about ebikes in Bluebikes.

We have prioritized affordability for ebikes, which are available at $0.10 per minute for Bluebikes members and $0.07 per minute for low-income residents enrolled in Bluebikes’ Income-Eligible Program. Ebikes are available at $0.25 per minute for non-member riders who purchase a Single Trip or Adventure Pass. Learn more about discounted Bluebikes rates.

Discounted Bluebikes

Boston Bikes Pass

In October 2023, Mayor Wu announced a new pilot program to provide discounted annual memberships to residents of Boston. As part of this pilot program, residents new to Bluebikes (have not had a membership in the last three years) can get at $60/year membership. In addition, Boston residents who have an income that qualifies for MassHealth, SNAP, Pell Grants, or similar programs are eligible for $5/year membership.

Not eligible for the Boston Bikes Pass?

You might be eligible to get a discounted pass through your employer or school!

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More stations, more bikes

These new stations will fill gaps in high-demand areas, making our system more reliable for riders. We'll also add stations in neighborhoods to improve access to the system overall.

Today, nearly 90% of Boston households are within a 10-minute walk of a bike share station. We aim for a 3- to 5-minute walk in our denser residential neighborhoods. We also want to be sure all major transit stations and stops are served by bike share stations.

We will share more about our expansion plans in 2023.

Expansion Emails

Sign up for emails about bike share expansion in Boston:

Building a better bike share system

We want our system to remove the barriers to low-income residents and communities of color. We know we have to listen, elevate, and respond as we continue to build a better bike share for Boston.

Building a better system

Previous updates

Bluebikes expansion in 2021

We worked to bring service to new neighborhoods and add capacity in our existing service area, aligned with our Go Boston 2030 goals.

From 2017 to 2019, we added 75 new stations in the City of Boston. We brought bike share to new neighborhoods in Dorchester, Mattapan, Roslindale, and West Roxbury. The City of Boston now owns 230 stations and more than 2500 bikes as part of the regional system.

In 2020 and 2021, we brought bike share to Hyde Park for the first time and added stations to the network in Mattapan.

LEARN ABOUT OUR PLANNING PROCESS

CHANGING TRAVEL PATTERNS

The COVID-19 pandemic changed how we travel, including on our public bike share. After record-high ridership in the first quarter of 2020, Bluebikes trips dropped sharply in April and May. By fall 2020, however, trips were up significantly. We even set a new record for total trips taken on a single day. More people chose Bluebikes for weekend rides, for seeing our parks and bike paths, and for exploring their own neighborhoods.

EXPLORE 2020 WITH GRAPHS AND INTERACTIVE MAPS

REGIONAL BIKE SHARE MEETING ON APRIL 13, 2020

We hosted our first regional bike share meeting in April. Our colleagues from Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, and Watertown joined us to share information about our public bike share. We discussed the ways people used Bluebikes in 2020, including how things were different from previous years. We also answered questions from our residents.