Get on your bike and ride!

Photo: Rob Gibson

You may have seen them at a street corner near you or zipping around town.

Micro-mobility company Dropbike and the city of Kelowna have been conducting a soft launch of the new smart-bike share system in the city.

After several weeks of tracking the bikes and examining locations and customer feedback, Dropbike has officially launched the smart bike sharing system in Kelowna.
 
“With this partnership with the City of Kelowna, we want to ensure that bike share is made as accessible and affordable as possible to all residents,” said Qiming Weng, CEO of Dropbike. “This program will not only provide a fun and flexible way to move across the city, but it will also serve as a stepping stone to what we call a ‘micro-mobility' future.”
 
“Our goal here is to ensure that our program is organized, reliable, and convenient,” said Weng. Dropbikes can be parked at specially marked "havens", or anywhere you would park your own bike with their lock-to technology. Designated parking spots are marked in the app as well as physically.
 
Dropbike has also been working with local businesses to engage in several different forms of partnership, including providing employees with a bike-share option to get to and from work to bulk memberships and private Haven locations.
 
“Dropbike offers a great solution for our city — they are helping further propel environmental stewardship and they are giving residents and businesses across the city a good reason to embrace an active lifestyle,” said Matt Worona of the City of Kelowna. “The city is looking forward to continuing a strong working partnership with Dropbike and towards an exciting multi-modal future for our residents.”