What Is The Meddin Bike-sharing World Map?

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The Meddin Bike-sharing World Map is a global reference map of bike-share services, defined on the site as short-term bicycle rentals available at a network of unattended locations. You can search for a city to find services, view details such as status, platform, power, and data, and submit corrections or missing services. It is sponsored by Lyft Urban Solutions.

What the map covers

The site focuses on systems that match a specific definition: short-term bicycle or e-bike rentals offered across a network of unattended locations. That means staffed rental shops generally fall outside its scope, while station-based and hub-based services fit.

The submission form lists the types of vehicles included: bikes, including pedelecs (pedal-assist e-bikes) and cargo bikes, in stations or hubs.

What you can do on the site

  • Search for a city using the search field to locate a service on the map.
  • View service details, including status, platform, power, and data fields.
  • Report a missing service if a system is not shown.
  • Report updates or errors in the information displayed for an existing service.
  • Add news items tied to a service, with a type, date, summary, and source URL.

Reporting a missing service

The "Tell us about a missing service" form asks for:

  • Your name and email address
  • Comments
  • Suburb
  • Type (bikes including pedelecs and cargo bikes, in stations/hubs)
  • Typical hibernate start month and end month
  • Platform
  • Replaced by
  • Operator
  • Equipment
  • Website
  • BSM ID

The site notes that all submissions are read, but you should include your email address if you want a reply.

Reporting updates and errors

The update form covers the same service fields, plus a news section where you can add an item with:

  • News type (Plans, Launch, Change, Numbers, Closure, Photos)
  • Date in yyyy-mm-dd format
  • Story summary text
  • Source URL

This is the route to use if a service's status, operator, platform, or equipment has changed, or if something on the map is wrong.

Reports and sponsorship

The site references a 2024 report, along with 2021 and 2022 reports, which suggests it publishes periodic summaries of the data it tracks. It is sponsored by Lyft Urban Solutions, and there is an editor login for maintaining the map.

When this site is useful

Use it when you want a worldwide view of which cities have bike-share systems, or when you need to check details about a specific service and the site's data is more current than other sources. It is also the place to go if you spot a system that is missing or a record that needs correcting, since submissions go directly to the map's editors.