City locks in operator to build 500 secure bike parking units across five boroughs | amNewYork

"The City's Department of Transportation has selected mobility company Tranzito to build and operate a citywide network of secure bike-parking stations, a project expected to include at least 500 units across all five boroughs aimed at boosting cycling by addressing concerns over bike theft. The DOT announced Monday that the California-based company was the top-ranked bidder from a 2024 request for proposals and will enter contract negotiations for a five-year deal."

"The contract is scheduled to start May 1, 2026, meaning the first units are unlikely to appear until the second half of the year and will be overseen by the incoming mayoral administration. Asked whether the mayoral transition complicates the contract, Tranzito CEO Gene Oh said he is confident it will not. This program is even aligned with the new administration's objectives, he said, adding that his firm generally avoids political outreach. We're operators we let the political wings kind of take care of itself."

"Tranzito has operated secure bike parking in the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, and Minneapolis. While these cities have increased bike ridership through infrastructure investments, none have deployed a network at New York's scale, he said. In the Bay Area, the company operates a few hundred locations; New York's 500-unit network would be the largest in the country. Oh described the project as focusing on two key groups: current riders who depend on bikes for work, including delivery workers,"

The New York City Department of Transportation selected Tranzito to build and operate a citywide network of at least 500 secure bike-parking stations across all five boroughs. The chosen firm will enter contract negotiations for a five-year deal slated to start May 1, 2026, with initial units expected in the second half of that year under the incoming mayoral administration. Tranzito has prior operations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, and Minneapolis and positions the network to serve both current riders who use bikes for work and potential new riders lacking secure storage. Units are roughly compact-car sized and can hold up to six bikes.

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