Prague attracts shared bikes. You can ride with Lítačka for free up to four times a day – Connect.cz
From the house to the post office, from the metro to work and similarly shorter rides, it is supposed to mediate a new bonus for the owners of Lítaček. Prague she signed agree with the bikesharing service provider Rekola AND Nextbike and allow people with a long-term travel coupon to use shared bikes without additional payment. Everyone can go this way up to four times a day, the first 15 minutes are always free. (Free ride concerns passengers, bicycle transport of course subsidizes the city.)
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In the Rekola and Nextbike applications, you will first need an initial account with a valid electronic subscription ticket for the territory of Prague. The services will find out for themselves whether the coupon is still valid and the passenger is entitled to a free loan. The city launched the news today. So far, this is a pilot test. How and whether it will work even after the autumn is not yet clear.
“We want to motivate people to use public transport even more and get them even more comfortable and faster, even in places where public transport does not offer such frequent intervals,“Says the director of ROPID Petr Tomčík.
Rekola has about 1,000 bicycles in Prague. When paying for individual rides, he charges CZK 24 for 30 minutes. There is also a subscription for CZK 50 per month (four 30 minutes of driving included) or CZK 195 per month (unlimited number of 30 minutes of driving). Special benefits are given to MultiSport card holders, who can drive twice for 60 minutes a day.
Nextbike also has about 1,000 bikes in the capital. One 30-minute ride also costs CZK 24. The monthly tariff for CZK 149 provides an unlimited number of half-hour rides, students pay only CZK 99. Members of the IKEA Family club also pay only CZK 99. As with Rekola, MultiSport owners have two hours of free driving a day.