MVGmeinRad

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Two trapezoidal drawn figures on bicycles with helmets. As well as textual references to the website “mvg-mainz.de” and the words “MVGmeinRad”.
Official logo since 2013
Loan station

MVGmeinRad (pronounced: MVG - my bike ) is a station-based bike rental system of the Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) in the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz , which was introduced on April 21, 2012 . The bike rental system is available to registered users at any time . According to MVG managing director Jochen Erlhof on March 24, 2016, it is the most successful rental bike system in Germany after StadtRAD Hamburg .

history

In 2008 the Mainz city council decided to introduce a bike rental system. MVG, which is close to the city, developed a corresponding concept and one year later was able to take first place among 44 applicants in the competition “Innovative public bicycle rental systems - new mobility in cities” by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development . As a result, Mainz received funding from the federal government of 1.9 million euros.

Former cyclist Tina Liebig has been the project manager since December 2009 . The start of the test phase began with 40 bike stations and over 100 testers in July 2011.

Locations

Detail of an MVGmeinRad station

The first nine test stations were set up in July 2011 at the main train station in front of the MVG “Verkehrs Center”, town hall , town hall , Stadtwerke , MVG, Bismarckplatz , Nordhafen (bicycle workshop), at the Höfchen and at the citadel . By autumn 2011 the system had been expanded to around 50 stations with 400 bikes. After a successful test phase, the system was put into regular operation on April 21, 2012 and has since been expanded step by step.

In the first year after commissioning, the over 100 rental stations are mainly in the city center of Mainz (old town and new town) as well as in the districts of Bretzenheim, Finthen, Gonsenheim, Hartenberg-Münchfeld, Hechtsheim, Laubenheim, Mombach, Oberstadt and Weisenau. In the remaining districts of Drais, Ebersheim, Lerchenberg and Marienborn there are no stations yet (as of April 2013). These should only be connected to the system at a later point in time, when the inner city area is sufficiently covered.

There are also bicycle stations in Budenheim and in the neighboring Hessian state capital Wiesbaden in the former districts of Mainz , Kastel and Kostheim on the right bank of the Rhine . The bicycle stations that were located in Bodenheim were dismantled after just over a year due to a lack of demand.

MVG has wanted to expand the network on the right bank of the Rhine in the Wiesbaden districts of Amöneburg , Biebrich and Schierstein since 2012 . According to the urban development department, the Hessian state capital is aiming for a bike rental system for the entire Wiesbaden urban area, taking into account the special local conditions, together with Mainz and is holding talks with various providers. In addition to local bike rentals from Wiesbaden, this also included the already established Nextbike , Call-a-Bike and JCDecaux ( Vélib ' and Vélo'v ) systems. A decision about the system and provider should have been made in 2014. In the meantime, the AStA of the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences took care of 150 rental bikes for Wiesbaden, first with Call a Bike and later with nextbike . Since July 2018 there have been 500 orange bikes at 50 stations in the Wiesbaden city area under "meinRad Wiesbaden", which are compatible with the Mainz system.

Eight stations in Ingelheim am Rhein have also been served since 2018 .

Loans and costs

eTicket of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, here in the Mainz version with typical motifs ( cathedral and Theodor-Heuss-Brücke ) as well as a reference to MVGmeinRad

The use of the system requires registration, as the costs incurred are billed to the current account. In the first few years after the introduction, the user received a personalized card with a personal identification number . The need for a PIN was abolished in autumn 2018; since September 2019, borrowing has been via an app . Up to September 2019, up to four bikes could be rented, currently one bike can be rented for a maximum of 24 hours. The operating company MVG initially offered five different tariff models at 30-minute intervals. Following a tariff adjustment in 2015, there were seven tariffs, and since September 2019 there have been six tariffs.

  • Without annual amount
    • Standard base
    • Advantage Basis (for holders of a subscription, JobTicket or company card)
    • Mainz Studis Basis (for holders of the SemesterTicket of a Mainz university)
  • With an annual fee (the first 60 minutes per trip are free)
    • Standard comfort
    • Advantage comfort (for holders of a subscription, JobTicket or company card)
    • Mainz Studis Komfort (for holders of the SemesterTicket of a Mainz university)

The original plan was to increase prices after the first year. However, since the expansion was not yet completed, MVG decided to keep the introductory prices for the time being. Until the end of 2014, the normal tariff cost 1.00 euros for 30 minutes, and the bus and train tariff 0.50 euros. The annual subscription MVGmeinRad GOLD cost 59.00 euros. On January 1, 2015, the tariffs were increased for the first time. Since the third adjustment on September 5, 2019, the following prices apply:

Tariff system Annual fee first 60 minutes per trip another 30 minutes per trip
Standard base 0.00 1.50 1.50
Advantage base (*) 0.00 0.75 0.75
Mainz Student Base (**) 0.00 0.50 0.50
Standard comfort 90.00 0.00 1.50
Advantage comfort (*) 72.00 0.00 0.75
Mainz students comfort (**) 36.00 0.00 0.50
(*) For holders of a subscription, JobTicket or FirmenCard.
(**) For holders of the SemesterTicket from a Mainz university.
According to the motto "Your advertisement could be here": "Kraft-Fahrzeug" and "Umwelt-Schooner"

In April 2015, the MVG presented a campaign to advertise the full chain protection boxes as advertising space . For this purpose, these were provided with the slogans: "Heart amplifier", "Company car", "Motor vehicle", "Environment saver" or "Egg swing". The aim is to be able to cover costs by adjusting prices and marketing the advertising space in two to three years at the latest (as of 2015, i.e. 2018 at the latest). A profitable business, however, is not planned.

technology

bikes

The first generation bikes have either baskets or suitcases on the luggage rack .

The bikes called “Paper Bicycle” come from the Scottish designer Nick Lobnitz and were built by the Swiss manufacturer Simpel . They have a hub dynamo and a continuously variable planetary gear transmission . There are no individual gears as in a normal gear shift . A stylized cyclist on the handlebars shows whether the gearshift is set for hilly terrain or for flat stretches. The saddle can be adjusted using the saddle clamp . The handlebar , however, cannot be adjusted.

A new generation of bicycles was presented on March 24, 2016. These now have front baskets with elastic bands instead of the rear baskets and cases, as these have been contaminated again and again. In addition, there is no luggage rack so that no other person can ride on the bike. The gearshift was further developed, the frame profile made even more stable and a new type of double bridge fork introduced.

Mobile app

For the Apple iPhone and other smartphones that are equipped with the Android operating system, there is a free app that shows where the next bike station is, how many free bikes and how many free spaces there are. The rental process has been carried out via this app since September 2019.

Management software

The software platform from ElectricFeel AG is used for system management. The software contains an application for the intelligent redistribution of the fleet, which sends optimal redistribution strategies to the distribution drivers based on integrated forecasting algorithms.

statistics

Transport vehicle for bicycles

In the first months from April to October 2012, over 100,000 rentals were made, which means over 600 journeys a day. This means that Mainz is way ahead of other comparable cities.

After the first year there were 11,000 registered users who rented one of the 960 melon yellow bicycles ( RAL 1028) around 145,000 times at over 100 stations in the city and neighboring communities. Shortly before the first anniversary, there was the first all-time high on April 17, 2013 with 1,200 trips in one day. In 2013 there were 340,000 trips, in 2014 there were 420,000 rentals and in 2015: 479,133 trips, which means that a total of 1,384,711 trips had been made between the start of the system in 2012 and the turn of the year 2015/16. At the end of 2015, there were 110 stations with 760 bikes in operation in the rental system.

The average MVGmeinRad user is around 42 years old. If you add students, the average age drops to 36 years. At around 56 percent, slightly more men than women use the bike rental system.

The most frequently used rental station is at Höfchen , followed by the two systems at the main train station on Schottstrasse and at the West train station. This is followed by stops at Gartenfeldplatz , Frauenlobplatz and in front of the synagogue , Holzstraße and Große Bleiche . These locations are all in the old town or the new town. The bikes are also gladly taken for one-way trips from the higher stations, for example the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz , to go downhill into the city center. In July 2013, more than 1,110 bikes were removed from the boxes on campus, but only about half of the rental bikes were returned there. With almost 45 percent, students represent an important target group for the MVG. Therefore, a third rental station was inaugurated on the university campus in January 2016, so there are seven stations in the vicinity of the university.

In April 2015, the one millionth bike ride was celebrated in three years. On a summer day in 2015 there was a new daily record with 2,600 trips. In total, there were almost half a million rentals in 2015.

Award

Even before it was implemented, the city of Mainz and the Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft won first place in the nationwide competition “Innovative Public Bicycle Rental Systems” in 2009 , in which 44 applicants took part.

“The model of the city of Mainz is characterized by an economically and organizationally convincing operator concept by the municipal public transport company. In addition to a very high station density (120 stations on 11 km²), the system provides for customer-friendly access using a chip card and the integration of all public transport season ticket holders via a heavily discounted annual rate. "

In addition to Mainz, another five bike rental projects also received funding totaling 12.7 million euros from the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development between 2009 and 2012 : Nextbike for the NorisBike projects in Nuremberg, metropolradruhr in the Ruhr metropolitan area, UsedomRad in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district as well as the Call-a-Bike offers e-Call a Bike in Stuttgart and Konrad in Kassel.

Incidents

Property damage of at least 17,000 euros has occurred since May 27, 2013, when unknown perpetrators destroyed the locking mechanism and the steel springs of the removal boxes at twelve stations and stole 26 rental bikes. In the following days and weeks there was further damage. A total of 40 wheels were broken out of the holder, 32 remained with the attempt. In addition, there is damage to the rental stations.

At the beginning of July 2013, unknown perpetrators stole three metal plates weighing 600 kilograms from the Stadtwerke site. These plates serve as floor plates for the bicycle stations.

On 6./7. In July 2013, several suspects, including three young people and four adolescent and four adult suspects, were caught red-handed trying to tamper with a rental station.

By the end of July 2013, all but one of the bikes had been found.

At the beginning of December 2013, several stations and bikes in Mainz-Kastel and Mainz-Kostheim as well as at the Rheingoldhalle were vandalized.

Other providers in Mainz

In addition to the almost nationwide MVGmeinRad network, Deutsche Bahn has been offering the option of renting one of 15 bicycles around the clock from March to mid-December with its Call a Bike at the main station since August 2008. Registered Call-a-Bike customers from other cities can use this offer directly. A disadvantage is that borrowing and returning items are only possible at the station at the train station.

Furthermore, bicycle dealers also offer rental bicycles, mainly for day trippers and tourists.

Web links

Commons : MVGmeinRad  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Schröder: Mainz: Enter your PIN and start cycling - the starting signal for the MVGMeinRad bike rental system . ( Memento from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: Allgemeine Zeitung , April 22, 2012
  2. ↑ Application for a call for tenders for the implementation of a nationwide pilot project "Innovative public bicycle rental systems - new mobility in cities" . ( Memento from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2 MB) City of Mainz (summary of the application concept)
  3. ↑ Claudia Renner: Mainz distributes 1000 rental bikes across the city . In: Mainzer Rhein Zeitung , October 28, 2010
  4. ↑ a b Michael Erfurth: MVG: From autumn bike rental offer in Mainz for everyone . ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: Allgemeine Zeitung , July 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Test starts for bike rental . In: Allgemeine Zeitung , July 9, 2011
  6. ↑ Armin Thomas: Bike rental starts in Mainz: The chip unlocks . In: Rhein Zeitung , July 14, 2011
  7. ↑ Jürgen Strickstrock: In Bodenheim on the rental bike . In: Allgemeine Zeitung , March 22, 2012
  8. ↑ Claudia Wößner: The wheels stand still - MVG is dismantling all rental stations in Bodenheim / service is underutilized . ( Memento from March 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Allgemeine Zeitung , March 7, 2013
  9. ↑ Wiesbaden wants to decide on the rental bike system in 2014 - Mainz plans for Rheinschiene initially rejected By Manfred Knispel on Allgemeine-zeitung.de
  10. ↑ Nele Leubner: Wheel off! There have been a total of 650 rental bikes in Wiesbaden since summer 2018. Wildlife parking should be avoided with fixed stations ; in Wiesbadener Kurier , Saturday, March 10, 2018; P. 13
  11. ↑ MVGmeinRad: New test stations / Scientific investigation / No tariff adjustments 2013 . MVG announcement of March 28, 2013
  12. ↑ Tariffs for cyclists, website of the Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft, accessed on April 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ Maike Hessedenz: "Egg swing" with two wheels - one million trips in three years / advertising partners should help cover costs . In: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz from April 23, 2015; P. 9
  14. ↑ Paper Bicycle on the pages of simpel.net; online on the Internet August 13, 2013
  15. ↑ paper-bicycle.com ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Flickr ; online on the Internet August 13, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paper-bicycle.com
  16. ↑ Frequently asked questions . mvg-mainz.de, accessed April 27, 2013
  17. ↑ Michael Erfurth: The "new ones" are more stable - MVG has further developed melon yellow bikes / Erlhof: No tariff increase planned for 2016 . In: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz from March 26, 2016 (Easter 2016); P. 11
  18. ^ General German Bicycle Club eV: ADFC | ADFC: Bike-Sharing brings new target groups to the bike. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 29, 2016 ; Retrieved July 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adfc.de
  19. ↑ Long-term preparations are bearing fruit - MVG Mein Rad from October 6, 2012 on dein-rad.de
  20. ↑ Michael Bermeitinger: Renting colorful bicycles in Mainz: 145,000 trips booked in the first year . In: Allgemeine Zeitung , April 22, 2013
  21. ↑ Michael Bermeitinger: Mainz MVG MeinRad: New stations, new app function - survey of 2,400 customers shows high satisfaction . In: Allgemeine Zeitung , April 8, 2015
  22. ↑ Third station on campus; by Neli Mihaylova; in: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz from January 6, 2016; P. 10
  23. ↑ Almost 50,000 trips in July / “MEIN RAD” MVG draws a positive balance from the rental system / Over 1350 storage boxes across the city by Michael Erfurth on Allgemeine-zeitung.de on August 9, 2013
  24. ↑ Almost 50,000 trips in July / “MEIN RAD” MVG draws a positive balance from the rental system / Over 1350 storage boxes across the city by Michael Erfurth on Allgemeine-zeitung.de on August 9, 2013
  25. ↑ Maike Hessedenz: "Egg swing" with two wheels - one million trips in three years / advertising partners should help cover costs , in: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, April 23, 2015; P. 9
  26. ↑ Michael Erfurth: The "new ones" are more stable - MVG has further developed melon yellow bikes / Erlhof: No tariff increase planned for 2016 ; in: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz from March 26, 2016; P. 11
  27. ↑ Nationwide pilot project “Innovative Public Bicycle Rental Systems” - New Mobility in Cities Award of the winners of the competition on August 10, 2009
  28. ↑ Competition documentation "Innovative Public Bicycle Rental Systems" New Mobility in Cities .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 4.6 MB) December 2009, p. 14@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bmvbs.de  
  29. ↑ Innovative public bike rental systems - model projects at the start .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.3 MB) Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bmvbs.de  
  30. ↑ Monika Nellessen: Attack on “Mein Rad” in Mainz - locking systems destroyed - 17,000 euros damage . In: Allgemeine Zeitung , June 21, 2013
  31. ↑ My bike - now stolen floors in Mainz on Allgemeine-zeitung.de from July 6, 2013
  32. ↑ Youngsters caught bicycle theft at MVG MeinRad station in Mainz-Mombach By Kirsten Strasser on Allgemeine-zeitung.de on July 8, 2013
  33. ↑ Theft and damage to property on rental bicycles from the Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft Joint press release by the Mainz public prosecutor and the Mainz police headquarters from July 25, 2013
  34. ↑ Mainz: damage of over 10,000 euros. Vandalism on MVG bikes continues. (No longer available online.) In: Allgemeine-zeitung.de . December 13, 2013, archived from the original on March 3, 2017 ; accessed on February 13, 2018 .
  35. ↑ Oliver Schumacher: Rhineland-Palatinate: Call a Bike starts in Mainz - DB bike rental system now directly at the main train station of the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital . Deutsche Bahn AG (pressrelations.de) on August 26, 2008
  36. ↑ Bicycle rental in Mainz on mainz.de, accessed April 28, 2013
  37. ↑ “MVGmeinRad” bike rental system is booming - dealers in Mainz see no competition ( memento from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) from Maike Hessedenz and Benjamin Hasche on Allgemeine-zeitung.de from July 30, 2012