"Simplify shared mobility to make cities more livable and sustainable", our mission has never been more meaningful than in 2021! International development, creation of new functionalities and conclusion of new partnerships, the year was rich in novelties for Qucit Bike.

Qucit Bike: optimizing shared mobility systems

What is Qucit's mainspring? To help make cities more pleasant by optimizing shared mobility systems. The Qucit Bike software has been designed to help operators of bike-sharing systems to optimize the management of their fleet thanks to the software. The software has two modules:

A dashboard, for the managers, helping in the visualization in real time of the status of the system and analyzing all the operations carried out.

A mobile application, used by the team on the field, assisting them to carry out their daily tasks in an optimal way.

🚲 To find out more about our application, visit: https://qucit.com/en/qucit-bike

A software used by shared mobility operators around the world

Since its creation in 2014, Qucit has not experienced such international expansion. Last year, nearly 25 cities in 9 countries across 3 continents used the Qucit Bike app to optimize the management of their shared vehicle fleets. In 2021, 12 operators have placed their trust in us. In this way, 60,000 bikes have been managed using the Qucit Bike application. A record since the creation of Qucit! This figure also means that Qucit Bike has contributed to 96,000,000 bike rentals in 2021. To maintain this large fleet, operators performed more than 750,000 operations with our software, which is equivalent to 5,800,000 bike movements over the year!

New features to meet the needs of shared mobility system operators

The year 2021 also marked a turning point for Qucit Bike. In March, the BikePredict Redistribution mobile application dedicated to field teams changed its name to Qucit Bike on App Store and Google Play. This new name reflects the latest developments in our software, which now includes much more than just rebalancing: the integration of maintenance operations and the collection of discharged electric bikes.

A diversification of functionalities that will continue in 2022!

Field maintenance operations

Qucit Bike now assists operators in the maintenance of their shared mobility system.

On the field side, the mobile application has been redesigned to help them to:

Select different actions at the beginning of the tour such as checking stations, rebalancing, repairing damaged stations or collecting broken bikes.
Receive various tasks in an intelligent and automatic way to optimize each tour.
Modify their actions during the tour to have more flexibility.

On the operations manager side, the dashboard has been improved to allow them to:

Push specific maintenance tasks manually
Add custom maintenance tasks such as making sure the kiosk door is closed, disinfecting the bike frame, etc.)

🚲 To learn more about cycle maintenance, read our article in collaboration with Velogik: Maintenance : A Key Element In The Operations Of Bike-Sharing Systems

Pickup of discharged e-bikes

2021 was also the occasion for Qucit Bike to integrate the pickup of discharged electric bikes into the tours of the field teams!

The mobile application has been improved to help the field teams to:

Select a route dedicated to the collection of unloaded e-bikes.
Optimize their tour to collect e-bikes more efficiently.

🚲 To find out more about self-service electric bikes, read our article in collaboration with the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolis: The rise of electric bike sharing systems

Significant participations in international shared mobility trade shows

Velo-City

In early September, the Qucit team traveled to Lisbon, Portugal to attend the Velo-City 2021 conference.

Velo-City is considered as the first annual global summit dedicated to shared mobility, acting as a global platform for knowledge exchange. The conference brings together all those involved in the policy and promotion of cycling, active mobility and sustainable urban development. After Velo-City 2019 in Dublin, Lisbon hosted Velo-City 2021. The show took place from 6 to 9 September 2021 and explored the theme of "cycling diversity".

For Qucit, the Velo-City conference was an opportunity to:

To attend the event with the Cycling Industries Europe (CIE) association.
To physically meet our partners after a year and a half of health restrictions
To participate in the Smart Pedal Pitch, organized by the CIE

🚲 To know more about the Portuguese edition of Velo-City : Velo-City 2021, Lisbon (Portugal) : "Cycle diversity"

Innopolis

On 22 and 23 September, the Qucit team continued its trade shows’ tour in Paris by attending Innopolis, a trade fair dedicated to urban innovations. Local authorities, associations, third places, companies, startups, research laboratories... The first edition of Innopolis brought together all the stakeholders needed to build the city of tomorrow!

It was also an opportunity for Raphaël Cherrier, CEO of Qucit, and Charles Chemama, director of the La Défense mission of the Hauts-de-Seine department, to present the experimental traffic prediction project on the circular boulevard of La Défense.

🚲 For more information about Innopolis : Innopolis website

NABSA

On October 28-29, 2021, the North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association (NABSA) held its annual conference virtually for the second time since the start of the pandemic. The event brought together 400 leaders, stakeholders and providers of shared mobility equipment.

🚲 To learn more about the conference: NABSA, 2021 - Rolling With It : Empowering Shared Micromobility

Smart City Expo World Congress

To conclude this eventful autumn, in November Qucit traveled to Barcelona, Spain to participate in the Smart City Expo World Congress. SCEWC is considered as the leading international summit dedicated to smart cities and urban solutions. This year, exceptionally, two events coexisted as the Fira de Barcelona was also organizing the Tomorrow Mobility Congress (TMWC) during these 3 days!

An opportunity for Qucit to physically meet our partners after a year and a half of health restrictions and to participate in the "Elevator Pitch" session, on the theme "Citizens' Future Mobility".

🚲 To discover Qucit's presentation at the Elevator Pitch : Qucit on Barcelona for the Smart City Expo World Congress!

If 2021 was a milestone year for Qucit, 2022 leads to surprises!

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