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Take the RideKC Bike Survey

Take the RideKC Bike survey by December 31!

Take the RideKC Bike survey! Whether you rode with us a lot, a little, or not at all this year, we want to hear from you. Your feedback will help us plan for the future and fine-tune our processes to offer you even better service. Survey closes at midnight on December 31, 2024.

BONUS: When you complete the survey and share your contact information, you are entered to win a free annual RideKC Bike membership ($149 value)! If you're already an annual member (thank you!), your next annual membership will be free. No refunds on a membership you've already purchased, and no trading in the membership for cash.

Hibernation for Kansas RideKC Bike fleets

All Lenexa, Johnson County Park & Recreation District, and Aspiria bikes, and a portion of the Kansas City, KS fleet will be out of service starting December 1. Each year, the bikes in these fleets get a full tune-up over the winter months to prepare them for the busy spring biking season. In accordance with RideKC Bike's agreements with our partners, the fleets will be hibernating from December until March.

If you are a RideKC Bike member, your membership works in all of our systems. Use the RideKC Bike app to find bikes in KCMO, KCK, and North Kansas City all year round!

📪 Questions? Email our customer service team at info@ridekcbike.com.

Coming in 2025: New year, new updates

In 2019, RideKC Bike upgraded our system with new smart, lock-to e-bikes. For the past five years, we have collected and analyzed data from the system, talked to our peer programs in other communities, and listened to our riders’ questions and comments. 

We saw a common theme in our research: it’s time to make improvements and efficiencies that preserve flexibility and value for our riders.

“Love the service, need more bikes”
“There’s never enough bikes at my hub”
“Please put more bikes at Armour and Main”
“Not enough full charged bikes in Country Club Plaza”

We agree! So in addition to the new bikes and high-capacity batteries we added this summer, RideKC Bike will roll out the following updates on January 1, 2025:

New RideKC Bike Wrangler Program gives people an opportunity to earn free access to bike share! 

Monthly RideKC Bike Members automatically get their next month’s membership for FREE when they return 20 or more out-of-hub bikes in a calendar month back to designated hubs.

Out-of-Hub Parking Convenience Fee

Users will still have the option to park outside of the hubs designated on the RideKC Bike app, but they will be charged a $2 out-of-hub convenience fee. Bikes parked at designated hubs are less likely to be vandalized or stolen, and more bikes at hubs means more users can reliably find a bike when they need it. We hope this new policy will encourage more people to return their bikes to hubs, which in turn means less time RideKC Bike staff must spend recovering unlocked bikes and stocking hubs.

Per-minute rate updates 

Classic pedal bike per-minute rate will increase from 10 cents to 15 cents per minute.

Electric bike per-minute rate will increase from 15 cents to 25 cents per minute.

FAQs

I’m already a Member, how will I be affected? 

Membership and Explorer Pass rates are not changing. The new per-minute rate will only apply if you have overage time beyond your Membership minutes. If parking outside of a designated RideKC Bike Hub, there will be a $2 convenience fee. 

How do I know where designated RideKC Bike Hubs are located? 

The RideKC Bike app displays all available locations. They are often (but not always) a royal blue bike rack.

How do I enroll in the Bike Wrangler Program to earn free access?

Yeehaw! Anyone with a RideKC Bike Monthly Membership will be eligible to become a Bike Wrangler. Earn one Return-to-Hub point for each stray RideKC Bike you corral and lock up at a designated hub. Once you have earned 10 Return-to-Hub Points you automatically become a Bike Wrangler!

By earning 20 Return-to-Hub Points in a calendar month, a Bike Wrangler qualifies for a free Monthly Membership that is redeemable for the subsequent month. Click here for more details about the Bike Wrangler Program.

How will these changes benefit RideKC Bike Annual or Monthly Members?

Together these updates will improve service, ensuring that more bikes are ready to ride when you are. 

The new Bike Wrangler program will allow Monthly Members the opportunity to earn free access to bike share by simply returning bikes to designated hubs. 

The out-of-hub convenience fee will help ensure that more bikes are readily available, and reduce instances of theft or vandalism. 

Will these changes apply everywhere in the Kansas City Metro?

The Bike Wrangler program will be available to any RideKC Bike Monthly Members.

The out-of-hub convenience fee is subject to all areas of the system, except for Johnson County Parks and Lenexa where ending a trip has always been restricted to only designated hubs. 

The per-minute rate updates apply to all areas of the Kansas City Metro. 

 

Need more information? Click here to find the rest of our Frequently Asked Questions.

These updates go into effect January 1, 2025.

If you’ve taken our annual surveys, contacted our customer service team, emailed, or sent a message on social media, THANK YOU for helping improve bike share in the Kansas City region! We are confident that these updates will get more people biking more often, and when it comes down to it, that’s really why we’re here.

Please send us an email at info@ridekcbike.com if you have any questions.

Jordon pedals a RideKC Bike up the hill

RideKC Bike powers up in 2024

You LOVE bike share!

Kansas Citians are discovering the joys of going by bike more everyday as they continue to set outstanding records for ridership. RideKC Bike consistently sees annual double digit growth.  In the first quarter of 2024 alone, we saw trip rates per bike increase another 60% compared to the same time last year. 

This incredible growth has also come with challenges as we help the community pioneer a path to electrification. Last summer, we talked about a few of those growing pains. Some areas of our service, especially in Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) where the equipment is beginning to wear due to particularly high use over many years, are ready for reinvestment so we can continue providing the highest levels of service for the community. 

Gearing up for more bikes and new batteries

 

Our KCMO fleet was last renewed in 2020, and aging batteries have limited the number of bikes we can deploy over the last two summers. Fortunately, the KCMO City Council recently approved matching funds to a federal grant that will allow us to replace old batteries and purchase new bikes! 

We love that the new electric bikes are so popular, and we are excited to share some of the upcoming plans we have to help meet such high demand.

 

RideKC Bike operations staff stocks a hub with bikes.

What is RideKC Bike's next step?

RideKC Bike is working with local municipal partners on grants and reinvestment opportunities to improve service levels and make the electric bikes more efficient than ever. Thanks to these partners and grants, over 100 more electric bikes will be added in 2024! 

These new electric bikes will be paired with the introduction of new higher efficiency batteries, with over 40% more capacity than our current batteries, helping improve range and capacity for more trips and miles for all our riders. Stay tuned for some coming announcements on the timing of these new bikes and batteries. 

We’re not stopping there, though. Plans are already underway for adding additional bikes to expand service in new neighborhoods as well as increase capacity in our existing service area over the next couple years as we work to help move Kansas City into the future of efficient transportation options. 

In the interim, we're stretching our resources and building capacity:

  • Reconditioning older batteries to squeeze out a bit more juice
  • Fixing damaged bikes as parts become available
  • Applying for grants and new funding early and often

Wanna be the power in our pedals?

As a mission-based nonprofit transit provider, we are focused on providing the highest possible standard of service while also keeping costs low for our riders. RideKC Bike has never increased usage prices since the program launched in 2012. The user fees you pay to unlock and ride a bike cover 20% of what it costs us to operate, maintain, and deploy RideKC Bikes. Corporate partners provide another 20%, and city and county governments carry the remaining 60% of operating costs.

 

RideKC Bike allowed me to drop down to a "car sharing" household. I shre a car with another household and make 90% of my trips via transit, RideKC Bike, or carpooling.

Be a squeaky wheel

Let your city know that you want more bikes! Cities love hearing positive feedback on our local community programs. Reach out to the mayor and city council members in your community. In our region, there are a number of cities that invest in and offer bike share, including KCMO, NKC, KCK, Lenexa, and Johnson County Parks & Recreation District. Let them know that bike share is a valuable resource and that you want to see it expanded to better meet your needs for transportation, recreation, and health. We want local governments to view bike share as a quality-of-life amenity for its residents.

More ways you can give RideKC Bike a boost

  1. If you work for a company that offers grants or sponsorships to nonprofit organizations, reach out to the leadership and ask them to consider adding bike share to their philanthropic priorities. 
  2. If you work for a real estate development or property management company, ask them to sponsor a bike share hub at their office building or apartment complex. 
  3. If your business is located in a community improvement district (CID), ask them to partner with RideKC Bike.

In the meantime, here's how you can get the most out of your ride

  1. Use the RideKC Bike app to locate bikes and to find out their battery status for any advance trip planning.
  2. As much as possible, please return bikes to a hub at the end of your trip to cut down on the time it takes our team to retrieve bikes and restock the hubs. Bikes parked at hubs are also less likely to be vandalized.
  3. Report any maintenance issues through the RideKC Bike app or by email info@ridekcbike.com.

Thank you

We’re proud to serve as Kansas City’s grassroots non-profit bike share program since 2012. Thank you for making RideKC Bike such a success! We remain committed to providing the highest standards of service as we continue to transition and grow the electric fleet. 

May is Bike Month! 30% off Annual RideKC Bike Memberships with code BIKEMONTH23

Bike Month Special: 30% off Annual Memberships

This offer expired on May 31, 2024. Join our Bike Share mailing list to be notified about our next special offer!

May is Bike Month! To celebrate, RideKC Bike is offering steep discounts on our Annual Memberships. RideKC Bike Annual Members get 80 minutes of free ride time every day with no unlock fees, and when you use code BIKEMONTH24 in May, you can ride for less than 30 cents a day.

How to get 30% off an Annual RKCB Membership:

1. Download the RideKC Bike app from your Apple or Google app store and create an account.

2. Redeem the code in "Coupons and Credits" before you select pricing and membership. Redeeming the code will automatically select an Annual Membership and activate the 30% discount.

3. Confirm your purchase and enjoy your ride!

This offer is valid May 1-31 and is good for new and renewing members only. It does not apply to current members. Ride time beyond the 80 free minutes per day costs 15 cents per minute. Users may incur an extra fee for parking a bike without ending their trip or using the cable lock, or for parking a bike in a manner that blocks an access point.

Need more details? Read our Ride With Us guide or send us an email at info@ridekcbike.com.