Metro Bike Share 4+
Los Angeles County Bike Share
Bicycle Transit Systems
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- Free
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Description
Metro Bike Share makes bikes available 24/7, 365 days a year in Downtown LA, Central LA, Hollywood, North Hollywood, and on the Westside. With 220 stations and over 1500 self-service bikes, Metro Bike Share is a convenient option for short trips, leisure and connecting bus and rail transit systems.
Riding a Metro Bike is the fast, easy, and fun way to ride. Simply release it, ride it and return it!
With the Metro Bike Share app you can:
• Quickly unlock a Metro Bike anywhere
• Purchase or renew Metro Bike Share passes
• Access your trip history and account information
• Find the station nearest you
• Access Pedal Perks to view and redeem points for unique gear
• Access your unique code for the Refer a Friend program
• Contact customer service by text, phone or email
• Give real time feedback using the Rate Your Ride feature
What’s New
Version 3.1.3
Bug fix to ensure that bike status updates automatically when you are on the select a bike screen.
Ratings and Reviews
Used first time June 2022
To add a counterpoint to a lot of negative reviews, I had a good experience using the app and renting a bike. Downloaded app, created an account just with email and password, purchased a 1-ride pass within the app using Apple Pay / stored credit card on iOS, walked up to a dock, picked a bike, selected the corresponding number and unlocked the bike. After riding, redocked the bike which ended the trip. Worked pretty seamlessly and only spent about 2 minutes before being able to take a bike and ride.
Would like to see more electric bikes and more docking stations. Found myself in between docks when getting lunch and decided to just keep the bike rather than walk 6 blocks to park it and there’s no way to secure the bike unless you bring your own lock if doing that.
Surprisingly affordable
I and my son were visiting LA, and got wanted to explore the city without paying a lot for micro mobility options, after spending $16 for 10 minutes of riding 2 Lyme scooters.
We have discovered Metro City Bikes offering full day of riding option for only $5 per bike!
We rode for 20+ miles around the area and saw a bunch of places using e-bike models which were great for going uphill.
Using the app is straightforward, phone number + CC/ApplePay is sufficient to register and start riding in a few minutes.
Finally returning the bikes to a station and locking them we realized our trips were not ending due to the station being offline. That required a tech support ticket communication, with the picture proof of our returns to get unlocked virtually out of the prior trip. Tech Support was quick to communicate and resolve the issue, but I wish there were less duplicate emails being sent by the system.
Ideally there should be more e-bikes available, and also knowing the battery status through the app would eliminate depleted battery surprises if need to cover many miles.
Got the hang of it and going great
The first couple rides I had some issues parking the bike back in the dock and had to contact support for help. After that I got the hang of docking slowly but firmly for the three beeps lol!! Since then it’s been smooth sailing. Parking is limited where I live and I often have to park a 20 minute walk or more away. Accessing the bikes makes it so much easier and faster, as well as zipping around town for various appointments. Took me a minute but now I love this service.
App Privacy
The developer, Bicycle Transit Systems, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Financial Info
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Bicycle Transit Systems, Inc.
- Size
- 15.5 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Bicycle Transit Systems, Inc.
- Price
- Free